For me i just accepted the idea that the character we create in the beggining its just an outcast,a no one,i am the Mask,like any symbiote being i need a host but that's all.I can change my format,backup and save information about my hosts but im not the human in this game.

The system and idea is great, sad many not get the idea , so now Soulmask ruin it

Deter and Sacrifice to add x amount of xp to said skills? Enemy tribes sacrifice, perhaps we can as well for xp\lvls in skills

The mechanic/ idea is awesome. The lack of introduction it had, is problematic.

This is a great idea

For me the simple solution to all the people who are mad about this is to let the player fully customize the trisbesman,you simple change body,and change to your main character appearance and name,problem solved.

To stay closer to their intended vision, they might consider making character selection random. Instead of customizing your character, players could choose between male or female and then receive a random low-level barbarian at the game's start. It could add to the immersion if players spawned inside camps with basic stone weapons and had to eliminate other nearby outcasts. To keep gameplay simple and engaging, they could limit spawn points to small campfire locations where players encounter just one other outcast. You might have a chance to start off with a decent character or you might not-it's part of the randomness. Ideally, they could ensure that these random characters are similar to any low-level barbarian outcast, preventing extreme stats like 120. They could even consider capping stats at 50, 60, 80, or another balanced number, though specifics can be adjusted later as needed. To complement this approach, I suggest that when the "main character" dies, they cannot be revived; instead, players are placed into another random body. Without a bonfire, this process repeats. However, if there is a bonfire, players could respawn there with a random tribesman, akin to how the Vagabond joins at the beginning of the game. This way, you always have a body to respawn into, even if your entire tribe perishes. This random tribesman can be saved using the remodel feature for later revival. However, since it functions like any other tribesman, players might still prefer using different characters instead.

I had no idea when I searched soul mask I would know that space coconut plays my favorite game but regardless this was a good video

I think we should be able to spawn as a tribesman from a different clans choosing(maybe start with different attributes based on that choice; warrior, hunter, craftsmen etc) and then from there allow that characterr to be assigned tasks like the other tribes man. This would solve the connection to a main character and give the starting character usage

An even simpler solution, make the first character ugly and remove the character creation, that way, everyone will want to move away from the initial character ASAP and stop complaining about a what is actuall a cool and unique mechanic that should not be changed. I hope the devs don't cave to the people requesting this interesting character progression to be changed and leave it alone.

its a good idea, but i feel like that is something you need to unlock the revival tek to do, as it all ready copys and remoack the NPC from the last save date point you put in.. it will keep with the lore of what they want but give the player that option to use the stat of that side NPC and keep there look, but by doing this that NPC then copys you're stat, like stat swaping. It like what BDO dose with Linking, but use it here and just have the player get to the point where they need that revival tek to do Stat swaping. OR just make the NPC take on the appearance of the main Char when you swap.. but then that still maks the Main useless. At the end of the day the Main is useless and letting up space in tribe doing jake shit lol THAT still needs to be fixs for player that dont care..... I SAY... make the player pick! You can have the look you like and copy stat from a good NPC you worked very hard on to lv and stat up... OR you use them and the Main give a Chef buff to you're camp and sit on a Throne... forcing solo plays to pick and for tribe one of the higher rank mamber need to keep there main behine to buff.

I'd be up for a slower process - instead of just copying an NPCs ability wholesale, take over and level an NPC up to a higher benchmark level (60/90/120) than your main can achieve, push your main's cap up 10 points in that ability. Do it again with another NPC for another 10 point cap boost, etc. Could even extend that system to learning class skills or expanding the level cap.

Just kill the "main" your the mask not the sacrifice

Agreed, any way I can just play the character I created and it eventually can become stronger, then I'm happy.

What's up with the AI art in the thumbnail?

Upgrade the main character skills to 90 , keep tribesmen at 120. Problem solved, main character gets alot stronger while keeping the tribesmen just a little bit stronger but still in relatively the same league of the main. Max level tribesmen then become almost a min/max function as opposed to a full on necessity or requirement.

I didn't want to give up my MC until I found a suitable new body. I remove the hair (gross blond hair, why so many blond skinny as NPCs) and now my problem is the new good-for-nothing furniture piece I have sitting at the base 🤷‍♂️ If they give me like a special chair, bed or something I wouldn't mond as much, ideally just make it a base attendant at least🤷‍♂️

I want the player char to be as good as the others. It does not hurt the game for the few that don't want to play the 'main' char, so stop crying people.