I was then able to loot his shield and spear thing, which made the second bandit much easier to defeat. Blocking without a shield was impossible, so I had to kite the bandit, try to flank him using bits of the environment, and stab him about 10 times, but he went down. It must have looked like something out of Benny Hill as I ran around the bandit camp jumping between tents and over wagons and stacks of barrels until I got one of the bandits stuck on something, making it a one on one fight with the other bandit. On the fourth try, I was actually able to win a fight with 2 bandits. They dragged me around a bit, let me go, and I was immediately attacked by another three bandit types. They had axes and shields, I had what appears to be a pocket knife. Got attacked by a group of three Frankish Ruffians or something.Attempted to make some cash by buying salt a the Salt Mine where it should logically be it’s cheapest, then selling it a good distance away, only to find that all the towns in the region pay less for salt then it costs from the mine.With no weapons or shield and no money I was pretty much screwed. Mugged by bandits upon setting foot in the first town, who then took most of my cash and dragged me around awhile.

This is hands down the ugliest character I’ve ever played in a video game. My initial impression was “man, was Warband this ugly? I don’t remember Warband being this ugly?!” I’m not even sure why they bother with a character features screen, all the choices range from freakishly-inhuman to Quasimodo. Bought this in the Steam Autumn Sale and fired it up over the past couple of evenings.

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