Fighter

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Fighters usually start with a good weapon, a suit of heavy armour, a shield and a potion of might. They have a good general grounding in the arts of fighting.

Preferred Species

Hill Orc, Minotaur, Gargoyle, Troll, Armataur and Formicid are the recommended races if you pick a Fighter Background.

Starting Equipment

Some species may receive different items based on their unique restrictions.

• +0 weapon of choice (rapier, flail, war axe, trident, long sword, or unarmed)
  • Formicids can choose to receive a quarterstaff (as it is one-handed to them).
• +0 scale mail
• +0 buckler
• Potion of might

Starting Skills and Stats

Adjusted for your species' aptitudes:

• Fighting: 3
• Chosen Weapon's Skill: 2
• Armour: 3
• Shields: 3

Choosing Fighter adds 8 to your starting Strength and 4 to your starting Dexterity.

Strategy

While Fighters may seem weak or "generic" compared to the more exotic backgrounds, remember that your background is only your starting package. Unlike, say, Berserkers, Fighters are free to choose any god they like, like all those you cannot start the game with!

History

• Fighters were unchanged in the mostly-global background buff of 0.29 (they already had a potion of might).
• Prior to 0.28, fighters started with a kite shield instead of a buckler.
• Prior to 0.27, kobolds (and halflings) started with a kite shield instead of a buckler.
• Prior to 0.14, fighters did not start with a potion of might and most starting weapons were of a lower tier: short sword instead of cutlass, mace instead of flail, hand axe instead of war axe, and falchion instead of long sword. They also started with 20 gold.