Harrim has become pretty amazing the more I analyze him. He comes off as a doomer at the surface level, but make him your religious advisor and you can tell that he either doesn't fully believe in it (which is something his personal quest touches upon) and/or he's very pragmatic about having things remain relatively okay with the time everyone has until the inevitable end of the world. He surprisingly advocates for religious freedom, will suggest enacting decrees that help people from a pragmatic standpoint, and is probably the most sane advisor you can have in Kingmaker.
Indeed. And he is also a surprisingly useful, versatile companion in your party (if you are careful in how you spec and equip him).
Him not having enough charisma to get Selective Channel as a feat is kind of a big headscratcher as to what whoever assigned his ability scores was thinking. He does make for a good frontliner though, unlike Tristian ....
Exactly. That's what I do with him too. With good equipment you can make him a decent secondary tank while still getting pretty good healing and buffing support from him. I love that versatility, which you cannot get from Tristian, who therefore gets to stay home.
@GM4Him, so glad to hear you're enjoying WotR. Both Km and WotR sure have their problems and quirks, but all in all they're fantastic games into which you can easily put hundreds of hours.
Depends on the level of difficulty. At higher levels, the balance is so strange that if an enemy hits you, it will be 90% one shot. It is irritating especially since most of the companions in this game have a tragic stat distribution (it doesn't help that most of them only have 20 points). Valerie is probably the worst (Harrim is second). Honestly, I don't see a chance to finish the game on higher difficulty levels using default stats on companions without throwing the computer out of a window at the same time. Most of them won't be able to hit anything for most of Acts 1 and 2. In the case of WotR, I was able to play Unfair with default companions without multiclassing (this was probably the only time I got to act 6).
