A question concerning the factions.

Remove all ads!

After a lengthy hiatus, I have once again decided to plunge myself into the world of Planescape. However, before I make my embarkation, there are two questions I hope to have answered: (1) Can one leave a faction and subsequently join another? (2) If so, does one retain any unique power [e.g. Sensate tattoo] associated with the first faction or will the powers of the new faction supersede those of the old?

Thanking you in advance.

 

(1) You can leave one faction and join another but (2) you do not retain the benefits of the original faction.

 

Thanks for your assistance JSBB.

 

You can join the Anarchists and the Xaositects at the same time. Moreover, you can join one more faction from Dustmen, Sensates and Godsmen. However, you cannot join more than one of the latter 3 at the same time.

I personally think joining all except the Xaositects is a good idea, and to join the Dustmen, then the Sensates and finally the Godsmen. The Godsmen have the best weapons in the game, so if you're a fighter it pays to end the game as a Godsman to take advantage of these weapons.

 

You do not really need those weapons you know; P:T isn't that much of a fighting game where you would actually *need* the top-tier weapons and stuff. If it gets real bad, you can always let Annah run in, stab, and run out.

 

There aren't really hard-and-fast rules for Torment's factions, except that you can't "officially" be in more than one at once. The first you can join is the Xaositects, which gives you a couple dialogue options with 2 NPCs, and that's basically it.

To clarify, the Godsmen DO NOT let you be anything other than a Godsman when you first join their faction. When you first join, Keldor will politely insist you leave your old one.

SPOILERS


The factions you can join are: Xaositects, Dustmen, Sensates, Godsmen, Anarchists. In the game, you can encounter characters from the Indeps (Anna), Mercykillers, Harmonium, and Signers, but you can't join those factions. Check Dan Simpson's walkthru for more info.

If you have high enough stats, you don't need to switch to "officially" being a Sensate to get to the Sensoriums; you can persuade Splinter that you were already a Sensate, which gets you full Festhall access.

Also, "embarkation" isn't a word.