Anyone who has played this game has likely seen Elodie meet an unfortunate end, but what was the first one? For me, it was an arrow to the lung.

This is a legitimate question asked after reloading a save from the beginning a few times, the only thing I've succeeded at is not getting anyone bit by a snake. I have failed the FIRST dance check of the game with 50 in dance, failed presence and decoration checks up to this point with 30/40 in either, history with 20-30 in foreign or domestic. I literally cannot succeed at basic tasks even if they are what I devoted 80% of my studying to, I'm not asking for a guide but it feels pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ miserable ...

A nice tpuch I noticed is that the in-game dossier of characters update as you learn more about them. If you aren't using an external guide, what information is there is just what Elodie, the player character, knows at that point in the game. Better start leveling up those internal affairs...

they give us 0 clue what skill is needed in future and failing a specific result in death/game over is wild

Is it just me or is Elodie straight up dumb? She has none of the skills a noble should have and she doesn't seem like a noble brat who wastes all her time on frivolous things. The basics skills she should have are most of, if not all, the Royal Demeanor, Conversation, Athletics, Agility, and History trees. As well as a good chunk of the Decoration, Voice, Horses, Accounting (mostly mathematics), and Lore (since it is a religious state). I mean, she's fourteen. Most nobles had all this down by twelve. She s...