Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Culture Selection and Background
You’ll be asked to pick the culture from which your character hails, and a general background for your character. This selection will influence how the kith of Eora react to your character throughout the game. Additionally, the base Attributes and culture choices you make can lead to different Background options. All of the backgrounds in Pillars II were available in the first Pillars of Eternity, but the skills granted were adjusted to further customize your character.
Aristocrat: Diplomacy, Bluff, Intimidate
Artist: Mechanics, History, Insight
Clergy: Religion
Colonist: Survival, Athletics, Alchemy
Dissident: History, Intimidate, Stealth
Drifter: Insight, Bluff, Streetwise
Explorer: Survival, Diplomacy, History
Farmer (Eder Only): Survival
Gentry (Aloth Only): Diplomacy
Hunter: Survival, Mechanics, Alchemy
Laborer: Athletics
Mercenary: Streetwise, Athletics, Intimidate
Merchant: Streetwise, Bluff, Diplomacy
Mystic: Religion, Arcana, Metaphysics
Philosopher: Insight
Raider: Streetwise, Athletics, Stealth
Scholar: History, Arcana, Metaphysics
Scientist: Explosives, Metaphysics, Arcana
Slave: Survival, Athletics, Streetwise
Soldier (Pallegina Only): Athletics, Intimidate, Survival