The templates have the advantage that you don’t have to do much of anything. Just choose one and keep going. The disadvantage for a new player is that you may not know what you’re getting into. A template that looks like the perfect roleplaying profession for your character may turn out to be one of the more difficult to develop in the game.
Feel free to choose a profession from the templates and modify the attributes and skills to suit your preference. If you want to be a strong shepherd for example, just increase the Strength slider. (Note that your Intelligence and Dexterity will simultaneously decrease.)
Skill Selection
Regardless of whether you chose a template to define your starting stats or not, the next step is to finalize your starting skills.
The skill to which you allocate the most points determines your occupation as shown in your Character Window (this occupation may change if your most developed skill changes through experience). Your other skills should complement your occupation enough to make you fairly self sufficient.
Once you are satisfied with your skill choices, click NEXT to move on to your character’s appearance.
