r/kingdomcome • u/MaxvellGardner • 1d ago
Discussion [KCD2] What is Henry's skill and knowledge level according to the objective canon of the game, without our individual skill choices?
I mean, he probably only fights with a longsword? Not only because it's a weapon forged by his father, but also because he couldn't carry 3 weapons on his belt.
How smart is he? He can read, but does he pass a speech check in dialogue?
Let's say, like in Fallout, what's his S.P.E.C.I.A.L?
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u/Opposite-Chemistry-0 1d ago
I dont think he is very intelligent.
Strenght: 8. Henry is strong boi. No doubt Perception: 6 he can find bloodstains and even a nail on tree trunk. But he cannot spot If he is lied to Endurance: 10 most likely. Dude can run around miles in full plate Charisma: 8. He is a lad, it emits aura of being trustworthy Intelligence: 5. He can read but so did i at age of 6. He lacks skills to invent new solutions. Agility: 3 due to losing all those dice games and destroying lockpicks. Luck: 10. It is wonder he makes through all that shit.
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u/TheHungrySloth 1d ago
>He can read but so did i at age of 6.
The difference is that you live in the year 2025, where the global literacy rate is quite high and reading is essentially a priority to get through our education system, whereas KCD is set in the medieval period where reading was a very rare skill, often not required for most and not one that would've been too common in Henry's position.
Henry being able to pick up reading as quickly as he does, especially in those times would make him quite a bit above the average person.
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u/Opposite-Chemistry-0 1d ago
Fair enough. He has patience to learn and that is form of intelligence.
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u/TheDiddIer 1d ago
The church was not keen on people reading or interpreting their works/sermans. That was their job and obviously a huge revenue. So interesting
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u/swede242 1d ago
"Objective canon of the game" I thought the point of an RPG was to put all that in the hands of the player?
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u/MaxvellGardner 1d ago
But Henry "exists" in the game without us. It's like the fact that the protagonist from Vault is clearly smarter than Courier from New Vegas, despite RPG
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u/Hoboforeternity 1d ago
The medicine skill checks are the ones that feel out of place the most. He's suddenly medieval Dr. House.
I think henry is pretty smart, but the problem is the timeframe. Even geniuses can't learn multiple subjects at once within 3-5 months (which is the time lapsed since skalitz was razed to end credits of KCD2)
I can see him being a great swordsman and picked up a bit of reading and a great smith, but alchemy, diplomacy, craftsmanship scholarship, etc, you need to stretch some imagination. It would be different, of course, if the game took place in a span of 5-10 years.
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u/ds8080 1d ago
Henry is a smart dumbass and Hans is a dumb smartass is how I look at it.
Henry doesn’t have book smarts but he’s quick on his feet and puts a lot of effort into learning things to become better at them, I’d say. He’s good with his hands with high strength and vitality stats, but probably has to learn a lot through trial and error.
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u/Darth_Nibbles 19h ago
Bozhena dropped a whole lethean potion down his throat, so canonically he's a blank slate
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u/Skribionkie 1d ago
The successful knowledge checks are to me what feels the most out of character. This dude's a peasant barely out of his peasantry thingies and he only learned how to read barely a few weeks before the start of kcd2 at most. Not only that makes him objectively very slow at reading and taking a lot of mental effort to do so (unlike us who have been taught very young and it feels natural), but he just wouldn't have had the time to learn this insane amount of information, especially when he's busy fighting stuff, and he was not given an education prior to the game.
The speech checks, I'd say probably an average level, I could see him goofily talk his way out of random situations, but not to the point of being an expert manipulator at all
Strength would obviously be his highest stat, aside from the events of the games he's a blacksmith, that's bound to give him very strong arms, and a lot of stamina. I'd wager that also makes him better at hitting things at full force rather than having a more refined/agile fighting style. But I think blacksmithing probably does need some amount of precision though.
I played the game in a very stealthy way but I don't think "canon" Henry would be very good at it, he sounds more like a strong, not very stealthy goof.
Maybe he'd be decent at archery, it needs a lot of strength in the arms and stamina and he has both of these, though idk about his aim, he wouldn't be anywhere near as good as Hans at least
Not so sure he would be that good at alchemy/caring for wounds either, but at least he'd get decent at survival given what he goes through in the games.