This post is part of the series: Mount & Blade Guide This allows you to really personalize your character for the adventure ahead. The choices you made will also determine your starting inventory, for example if you chose to be a merchant then you will start with a range of goods, if you chose to be a squire you will have better weapons and armor.įinally you can select your characters face and hair using a simple editor program. Once you have chosen the back story for your character you can name them and spend any remaining points you have on skills and weapon abilities. Charisma determines the number of troops you can lead. Intelligence gives you a bonus skill point and you need a minimum level to read the books in game which can be used to gain extra skill points. Agility determines your speed and mobility. Strength increases you hit points and the damage that you inflict. Your final choice relates to your motivation for the quest.Īs you can see there is a great deal of variation to choose from.
You are offered a series of choices which will determine your starting stats, your possessions and your wealth. When you begin a new game of Mount and Blade your first task is to set up your character.