Hi Everyone, thanks for taking the time. I've underlined the actual question for tl;dr --!!
I'm just starting this game and have been trying to really make the right decisions about what I choose initially so that I can play this game without giving into my perfectionist tendencies of starting over again and again for optimal stats. So I have a question about initiative which relates to my opening choices:
My plan so far is to build a mage and a ranger. I have this very primitive idea of using the mage to knockdown enemies and then using the Bully talent to do more damage with the archer. MAYBE this is really stupid... Anyway, my question is: CAN this even be done? Based on stats, it would seem that the Ranger would place earlier in Initiative, so, that means the mage won't be able to knock down the enemies first- making Bully a wasted talent. Is there some way to make the mage go first or am I missing something here? Is Bully even good ?