Nice guide, keep up the good work. I really enjoy your videos.
Personally, I make a few changes compared to what you recommend:
1. I always take Dust Devil at character creation. Without using a mod, that ability cannot be found elsewhere in the game. The other starting Man-At-Arms abilities can be purchased from Aureus once you enter the game.
2. I prefer to start with 8 strength and 7 intelligence. Strength affects your chance to hit %, which is important if you are playing on hard difficulty. 7 intelligence gives you a 90% success rate when casting the highly effective low level elemental and witchcraft buffs. Armor or an amulet with 1 int can be found relatively early that will make your casting success 100%.
3. I remove the points in weapon skills due to a later issue. Investing a single point in hydro is very useful for self-healing, a point in earth will give you oil slick (for slowing - BULLY!), and point in aero will give you teleport (group the enemies together then Dust Devil - or spread them out to reduce incoming damage).
Anyway, not criticizing the way you do it, just offering alternatives you may want to consider.
Thanks again for all the videos you make, they're great!
