I agree with Leucrotta that, unless there’s a significant overhaul to elements of the plot or characters or more planned companions than feels likely,it doesn’t seem practical for Larian to include more arcane caster characters (eg artificer) who are incompatible with the grove-attack path when we might already lose the two EA ones we have (Wyll and Gale) if we go that route.

But any further detailed discussion of this point should perhaps be moved to a more relevant thread, such as https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=849965&page=5.

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