When you realize you're not making just a character and pawn, you're making a versatile party that kicks ass.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="86">1:26</a> - Mage <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="420">7:00</a> - Sorcerer <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="662">11:02</a> - Warrior/Fighter <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="884">14:44</a> - Ranger <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="903">15:03</a> - Strider

The pawn and arisen relationship is so amazing in this game. Capcom definitely made a gem with this game. So glad this game came out pre-pay to win / lottery aspects that games have now

A week ago, I tried to set my pawn up as a climber. Made sure she had the right Inclinations, the right skills. Oh she'd climb them all right. But she wouldn't actually attack. Just like an annoying spider, she'd crawl in circles around them.

it's a detailed mechanic. can be great. can be terrible. I usually end up with terrible

The first section of this video was like a well choreographed and perfectly executed dance between you and your mage. Your knowledge and ability to manipulate the game and the pawns as I'm sure the devs intended is quite impressive. You've inspired me to learn more on how to setup my pawns as you have. Many thanks =)

2024 and this is still VERY helpful, THANK YOU!

So basically, all the inclinations are masterworks all?!

I feel like I just returned from my pawn spirit quest. Very informative and well spoken, thanks for the refresher.

Very informative vid with a memorable ending. There are times when I have seen people swear by adding Utilitarian as the primary inclination but when challenged on it they say the pawns need 3-star beastiary knowledge for it to work properly. My experience though says picking as you referenced here works best. Utilitarian is for teamwork but without a base plan of how/who to attack pawns won't know what role to play on a team. Nice job on providing a detailed explanation of what inclinations and augments to pair with popular vocations. The postlude of this vid ended with relaxing music and a brilliant take down of an Elder Ogre by your pawns. She didn't know who to go after as she was hit by a wave of attacks. What's most impressive though is had your pawns been outfitted with stronger weapons or gear that automatically healed them she wouldn't have last long enough for your viewers to enjoy how well synchronized a team of striders can be. Another very well done video.

man you do go deep into this game!! While watching this I just came to the conclusion that my gameplay style can be defined by one word: carelessness. I guess not caring about what my pawns inclinations are and just yelling "you idiot" at them when they don't do what I want shows that the idiot actually is me lol also, awesome music choices!

I'm currently on my 4th playthrough, this time using a difficulty mod and your videos have been incredibly informative. Cheers!

I just finished setting up both my character and pawn’s leveling min maxed to what stat I wanted ( I know min maxing doesn’t matter ) as I watched your latest comparison of maxed strength ,magick, and just magick archer and I’m glad I did my leveling that way since I can have both classes but a little bit more magically inclined more damage wise, now seeing how to make my pawn’s inclination much better is a lot more help thanks man for this video even it’s 5 years ago :D just came back to dragons dogma and forgot a lot about the game’s system hahaha so this kind of videos helped me get those back. 😅

Your music choices always fascinate me

Ive been watching your videos a ton of your videos the past few weeks (everytime I log on youtube I have one of your videos in my recommended and its amazing) and just want to say thank you, I already loved dogma but what Ive learned from these videos has just enhanced it, like finely aged cheese. This video in particular helped me so much I had to comment. The having less skills on a pawn in particular made the biggest change for me. Before I just had random damage skills, element boon, and anodyne. I tend to spend most of my time on 60-80% hp including white bar (reckless, greedy play) so even a rat biting me triggered primary medicant which hardly let my pawn get to utal, along with me not aggroing mobs charging my pawn which made him not get off his heal or buff which he would just try recasting once he got up. So the 3 damage skills and grapnel I had on him went largely unused. After this pawn guide though I dropped anodyne and boon (youve shown me the way of enchanted weapons and luckily daggers get all 5 elements & smarter play is a fine subsitute for anodyne). Pawn just has High Grapnel (I love this skill so much), Comestion, and High Levin. Mitigator 1 Utal 2 Chall 3 The difference is crazy went from bumbling wizard tripping over his staff trying to heal his master, to a wise spell caster that prevents said healing from being needed in the first place. Almost like hes a mitigator or something. I leave my long comment and thanks on that dry note.

I felt like my pawn was awful and this help a lot. Your videos help show me how amazing this game is, and it was one of my favorite games since the day I first played it ilysm

Now, when DD2 is just launched, it's a great time to remember mechanics of the first game and replay it again!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1931">32:11</a> synchronized fracturing dart. Beautiful 0_0

Wish there was a romance inclination-after all the effort I put into creating this pawn.

Bro that music ... I haven't heard that since like 1999 on my mom's CD player. Unexpected nostalgia!

I'm really enjoying your videos!

This video is so freaking useful i cant even handle it!

Amazing vid man. I played this game since it came out and I'm still learning new things about it thanks for taking the time to explain all the inclinations. It paints a clear picture to what I want in a pawn and my own.

Thank you! This was so informative and has undoubtedly saved me a ton of grief trying to figure this out. Absolutely love your music choices and intros for these videos. Last of the Mohicans

I love these vids, I just picked this game back up

Cant wait to see your DD2 contentent 🔥🔥🔥

Great video about inclinations.I also like to watch pawns in battles and study their inclinations alot.When I tried on my fighter utilitarian,guardian I was really surprised how great it works ( he got full bestiary I dont know if this was a big plus).He wasnt glued to me but he was attacking every enemie in the room.Not only strong or weak ones he was attacking everyone I wanted him to attack.When I am trying to try new inclinations for my pawns I always go in the room with more types of enemies because this is where you can see how they act. I know that many people prefer scather as first inclination on a fighter pawn but everytime I tried it on my pawn I changed it back.What I dont like about scather as primary is that they see only one type of enemie ( for example that room with 2 chained gorecyclops,2 eliminators and 3 garms will spawn there).That room is a big problem for scathers pawns and worst situation when you are fighting eliminators and garms will spawn there a scather pawn will not fight garms at all they wil not fight eliminators they wil see only one enemie chained gorecyclop.They just get kinda "blind" to other type of enemies.So I have set my pawn utilitarian,scather and this was really big change.He was fighting other enemies too. What I wanted to say is (maybe I am wrong I dont know,all this thing with inclinations is so difficult sometimes) from what I saw on my fighter pawn when he is primary utilitarian he works with Arisen more than if he would be set as a scather primary. Sorry for so long commentary :)

Been watching your videos lately. I really appreciate your approach to the game. Been a treat to watch. Helped me discover some really cool skills as well.

Cara você é fantástico! Muito obrigado mesmo por dedicar horas de seu tempo para pesquisar as mecânicas dos pawns e compartilhar elas conosco. Voce merece um Oscar!

Awesome vid. Thanks a lot was lookin for specific setup.

This channel's pure dedication and love for DD is enough for me to subscribe. Hope you are still active, I'll put on bell just in case.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2012">33:32</a> haha, i love how they all stick to the butt and go for it xD Just watching this now, great video as always! Interesting to see that the enemy often seems to know exactly who used which skill/spell , even if it's a spell that has a slight delay between deployment and impact (like Bolide or Fracture Dart) - they'll turn to the caster, even if they weren't the aggro before. Compare that to other games where when you shoot an arrow at an enemy , they'll go investigate the _spot_ the arrow landed on as if it dropped from the sky.^^ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2060">34:20</a> - "they attack men with especial zeal"... well, obviously not if the man doesn't attack in the first place. You'd think that with Elder Ogres, male characters would get a higher 'aggro focus' per default, even if they didn't participate in battle. If all four of you were to attack at the same time with the same skill, would the Ogre *then* turn to the man? Or what is this supposed male/female differentiation even good for? Only for the attack where they kidnap and eat you?^^

Not gonna lie I payed more attention to the background music than I did to the video great game though

You and your main pawn look amazing

I always make my main pawn a mage. Helps alot, i can optimize myself their skills.

Nice "Last of the Mohicans" cover there pal.

love that I keep finding these videos whenever I pick up and play dogma from time to time. finally subscribed after months of lurking. your content is tight as fuck. hope you're doing well.

Brilliant information thank you !

I had never noticed that if you climb on an ogre when it loses its balance it totally falls down on its back

I seriously enjoy your choice of music and the information presented. Thank you!

Awesome vid man. Just got back into Dragon's Dogma... this helps so much thanks for the insight on inclinations.

Awesome video, I have been playing this game for years and this is the best explanation on how pawns work. Good job sir!!!!!!

Omg the way you play this game is amazing, very inspiring making me want to play it even more to try out all these aggro mechanics and coordinating with the pawn AI.

You have been the most comprehensive source of knowledge for this game since I found you on KZfaq dude. Keep this shit up forever 🤙.

Such a useful video. Very glad to have found your channel. Running a mage pawn atm so your insight has proven invaluabl. Thanks!

Ok, I’m your fan. Thanks for all your vids, you’re amazing!

This video gets me excited. It’s like I’m seeing the Matrix, when combined with your other pawn videos, especially the one on how augments effect them.

Thank you Nihil, the video is studious and informative, giving us a better insight into this, otherwise, insufficiently explained pawn inclination mechanics.

Dope vid man.. musics dope too.. usually I have dir en grey or fallujah playing in the background when I binge dogma.. variety is always welcomed though

very good music !

screenshots were a nice touch.

I wish the next game would make it so that the knowledge stuff is the ones that teaches your pawns fighting tactics/tendencies by seeing it being done by others first, but they have static roles/gambits you can set at the chair that doesn't change OT. After that, they should make item gathering as a manual command and not an inclination, because it's like cancer you always have to deal with after some time. The tactics they'll use will heavily depend on the gambits/roles you set for them. Like take aggro+do melee+target large 1st+fight close to me as gambits that won't change OT, and then the tactics like grappling enemies, knocking down, climbing become applied for specific enemies due to those being set. I like how they were able to make a growing AI in the game, but if experience tells me anything, it wasn't that good to base everything it learns on what the main character does, and then have no option to keep certain stuff "permanently set". Eventually, all average players will have pawns riddled with Acquisitor and just be a copy of the player making it a bother to micromanage for most folks who don't know this stuff.

Your videos are so helpful and I am LOVING the music. Thank you.

fantastic video, well done. Very informative, no nonsene crap and straight to the point, gr8 soundtrack too! Im impressed!

They depend on your personal playstyle you can't really change it to perfection, I always end up scather/utilitarian somehow even when I aim for mitigator. Always jealous of some beast pawn

I have done so many runs without really understanding the mechanics of the pawn . Informative video and great songs, reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Last of the Mohicans. Now I have to put my build on hold and go watch the movie again, lol.

It would be really nice if you could give pawns skill priorities based on which enemies they're fighting. That way you actually develope the strategies they use from conflict to conflict. If you prefer a more active command system, you could even have a hot bar you can use to temporarily disable certain skills on the fly.

I really have to study inclinations to make my pawn better, huh? Oh, well...

great series, it's been invaluable. Shout out to Sacred Spirit for epic music too!

Very clever of you.

Thank you so much! I saw them, but didn't realize there are three ai script settings though the 3rd seems to be hidden. A BIG help when I change my pawns vocation to act appropriately.

Great video 😁👍. Really explains things well. This will help me a lot when I start playing this game again so thanks dude 😊.

This video really helped me understand my pawns actions ,or lack there of :[ . Love the song at the end. Couldn't place were I heard it before. then it hit me, "Last of the Mohicans". Brings back memories of that great chase scene and fight at the end.

Could you clarify if pawns learns directly from your actions please? I am trying to make my pawn sorcerer but the range my pawn wait to attack is too close, basically melee range. How can I increase her range, or how can I teach her how to play as sorcerer? 😥

Thanks for all the videos you do, I learned a lot about this game and I start to see how is it. I have it but I didn't realize about all the things that this game had to offer me until I saw one of your videos. And with this one, I understand how the pawns work. Again thank you so much for your videos.

Thank you so much for the video !! Amazing as always and very detailed . I had trouble for a long time with the inclinations up till now . I always had my pawn right beside me which pissed me off , because all the monsters would come towards me while i am casting and would interrupt the spell . So I had to reserve to new ways of fighting xD like casting spells from a high terrain or behind walls which for me was very frustrating , because I wasn't on the same level as the boss and couldn't deal enough damage since my pawn and other pawns would cling on me . What can I say ? My milkshake brings all the boys in the yard !! hahahahahah okay i stop xD

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2148">35:48</a> - It's like your training them, but intervening when they are about to die. Or Sensei of naruto students

Song is fire

Is it bad that I keep coming back to this video because of the music? I've already checked out the tracks individually, but it's just not the same without Nil's voice and the gameplay footage playing in the background.

Thanks for the explanation my dude honestly this is going to be a lot of time and patience and effort on my part but the more I build my pawn the better 🙏🏾

Were do you get that outfit you have on from ?

This is a pretty fantastic video, gonna go watch the one on pawns and Augments now. Some examples of what happens when you do the "Don'ts" like putting Utilitarian in first place coulda been nice. Also, anyone interested in seeing how Pawns act could also look at the "Absolute Pawn Contest" uploaded here on youtube. You even have access to the GameFaqs thread to see to some extent how the pawns were set up. I'm not sure it actually states their inclinations though, been a while since I looked in on that, and I mean to look back at it.

this is great

Always wondered if skill rings cause pawns to use a skill more. Like if I give my pawn a brain splitter ring will they use splitter more often than they would have otherwise? Or if I give them a hailstorm volley ring will they use that in situations where perhaps they may have been inclined to use melee otherwise? Could be interesting to test if it hasn't been done already

Great video! Nilina was such a badass in this fight! Especially at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1510">25:10</a> when she handing the Elder Ogre its ass all by herself.

You should talk more, you have a really good voice.

man great stuff. have you made a spreadsheet to detail all this?

Switched pawn from sorcerer to mage and primary inclination became glitched fixed on scather ,I gues I have no option than to buy potion that clears all inclinations and retrain the pawns dialog ,scather inclination doesnt cause mage to climb i think specific skills or pawn knowledge trigger that behavior !!. A awesome gear item to add to pawn is magnanimous cloak , It cause health max to heal on all party causing even arisen health max to regenerate when standing next to rift stones.

Nihil guardo tutti i tuoi video sei bravissimo , thanks x tutti i gameplay che ci porti ☺☺☺☺

This game is way more complex than I thought thx for guiding us

How do you set secondary and further inclinations? I've only seen the primary in the attitude table

what was the armor you were wearin' at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1007">16:47</a> ? old vid, I know, but suuuuuper useful! also, that armor rocks- is it gransys guard? Edit: it is! srry for wasted time.

I preferably avoid letting my sorcerer pawn use maelstrom as it obviously blocks out visibility when I'm melee. Very informative though, so thx. Now I need to do another play through lol

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1595">26:35</a> - Player just like Boss Leader seeing the skill of his subordinates. lol

Thank you

Wonderful to see people still playing this game! Thanks for a great, fascinating video. It really helps put the AI mechanisms of inclinations together for various pawn vocations/skills/augments. I've been hit or miss for years, without really knowing why. Hits = Accidents! I think things are finally about to change. _Query:_ people talk about "training" a pawn's inclinations. It seems a long, somewhat confusing process to me (for example, I hate using the D-pad or not picking up anything dropped in battle even after battle just to shape a pawn's inclinations). You, however, spend a good part your video standing back, and you only get more involved when you need to direct the aggro or when the party is smaller. When you stay apart from the pawns, letting them do the primary work, do you "train" your pawn in a way that alters arrangements of her inclinations over time? Or do you hang back here for demo purposes only? Do you use the elixirs at all with your pawn if her inclinations go awry or simply engage/train when your pawn needs reminding of her role in the party? (The bench seems to go only so far in preserving second and tertiary inclinations, and then, only if a fourth inclination doesn't show up in the mix, but doesn't appear to do anything for the primary one.) It actually seems to me, elixirs notwithstanding, I need to learn to step back from the fight a bit more frequently ... promote the ensemble effort rather than be the star. Yes?

nillina, nillisa, nilly, lmao

How do you go about getting the inclinations you want in the order you want?

my internet is acting slow as hell today what was the best set up for ranger/strider video want load :P agin

Hey I'm kinda new in DD. Btw if by any chance can i fix the primary inclinations and 2nd on my pawn using the knowledge chair on towns? Because whenever I use it, it only shows the second inclination thats about to be changed :(( btw great content for new players! Keep it up

My ranger pawn has primary scather and secondary pioneer how do I fix that

Now if only our sorcerer pawns would use high ground. Nearly half the fights we encounter as melee arisen can be ended in moments with a sorcerer simply climbing to a higher point and raining death. Nah, they want to wade into the fray. That’s why I’ve never created a sorcerer pawn. Rather control and dictate that flow myself than rely on them.

I want to know if there are inclinations or augments that encourages specific spells to be cast regardless of knowledge. I remember seeing somewhere that Fulmination is a Utilitarian spell or affected by the Help call out. Still don't know if this is true.

Hey I just started playing DDDA and I'm a tad confused about your support mage pawn's augments. She has augments from Strider, Ranger in addition to Mage and Sorcerer. What is her leveling progression? My plan is to grab Beatitude and Perpetuation from Mage and then rank up Sorcerer to 9 for Articulacy plus Conversation.

I’ve gotten good at using the inclination potions Johnathan sells. Usually 7/7/7. Problem is that Aquisitor keeps replacing the 3rd position. Can I top off with a potion to replace it? Or will I always need the whole 7/7/7 regimen, so the potion doesn’t replace primary inclination?

How do you heal your pawns, or party members? Is it only through an inn or rest? Just got this game and I'm loving the combat and pawn system.

How is the elder ogre ignoring you to attack her if she's female? I thought they only targeted women when their health reached a certain point?

I absolutely love this game amazing game I play on my Xbox series x 🙏🙏💯💯💯🤘👌

I know not to teach magic pawns magic agent since they're awful with it, but should I also avoid focused bolt on a support mage?

Hmmm.. Last of the Mohican soundtrack! Wow! Your Arisen looks like the Tomahawk villain (hairdo) who killed the bro. of the white Mohican (main protagonist). Lol.