Your background in Avowed is the baseline on which you’ll role-play for the duration of the game. Each background has unique ...

We list every background available, all the stats tied to each one, and the best way to based on your choice in Avowed.

Ultimately, the only thing that is really important about Background choices in Avowed, is what flavor you want your character to have. Read each of the background choices carefully, because you ...

And while there are some clear throughlines in each of Obsidian’s projects that show how they’ve evolved or iterated on their own ideas and interests, there’s also an essential secret to the studio’s ...

Avowed's Envoy and Pillars of Eternity's Watcher share certain characteristics as Obsidian protagonists, but there is a key difference.

Each oft the five backgrounds in Avowed begin with a different weapon. Here's the best choices for new players.

The Aedyr Empire will play something of a major role in Avowed, and players should keep an eye on the faction's leading ...

In a sprawling fantasy world called The Living Lands, Avowed takes place as a hideous blight called the Dreamscourge ravages ...

Avowed is not the Obsidian fantasy RPG I wanted, but the decently fun spell-slinging parkour FPS I didn't expect.

In Avowed, players assume the role of an envoy sent by the emperor of the Aedyran Empire to the Living Lands to investigate a ...

With Avowed, Obsidian Entertainment once again flaunts its writing chops with a fantasy story that is contemporary in its themes and combat that feels better than most other first-person western RPGs.