Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire/Companions

Playable characters

There are eleven playable characters in Savage Empire. The party is made of seven characters maximum. Four of them (slots 1-6-7) join automatically, then four slots are left in the roster for some the remaining seven.

Slot	Character	Notes
1	Avatar	The main character. He cannot leave the party.
2 3 4 5	Shaman: Triolo Scientist: Rafkin Journalist: Jimmy No skills: Shamuru, Dokray, Kysstaa, Ugyuk	These characters won't join if these four slots are full.
6	Aiela	She joins automatically.
7	Yunapotli Johann	Yunapotli join and leaves according to the plot. Johann joins after Yunapotli left.

In the table below, the attributes of the Avatar are an average of the values he can get. Modern men can use some weapons that tribesmen and lizardmen cannot.

Character	Str	Dex	Int	Lv.	HP	Species	Class & skills	Game progress location
	21	21	21	6	66	Modern man	Fighter (no skills)	00. Main character
	20	26	17	7	68	Tribesman	Shaman: can use magic	01. Kurak village
	16	23	20	2	40	Modern man	Fighter, journalist: takes notes	05. Disquiqui village
	19	28	22	5	58	Tribesman	Fighter (no skills)	08. Urali village
	25	12	15	8	82	Tribesman	Automaton: invincible in Kotl	09a. Kotl ruins
	14	18	27	7	56	Modern man	Scientist: can get nitrate	09b. Kotl ruins
Optional characters (ask them to join)
	8	14	29	6	40	Modern man	Scientist: can make flintlocks, can get nitrate	02. Yolaru village
	21	23	18	6	66	Tribesman	Fighter (no skills)	03. Barako village
	26	20	17	5	72	Tribesman	Fighter (no skills)	04. Pindiro village
	27	22	18	5	74	Lizardman	Fighter (no skills)	07. Sakkhra tribe
	30	22	8	8	92	Tribesman	Fighter (no skills)	11. Haakur tribe

Character class triangle

As in almost every role-playing game, the characteristics of the playable characters can be summarized by a triangular diagram.

TOP: characters without any special skill;
BOTTOM: characters with special skills (but limited inventory and dexterity);
LEFT: characters with higher strength;
RIGHT: characters with higher dexterity.

Experience levels

The Avatar starts at level 6; the other characters that will join him start at a level ranging from 2 to 8. The maximum level a character can reach is 8.

Experience points are gained by defeating beasts. The character who deals the final blow earns all the experience for that enemy.

If a character earns enough experience to get to the next level, when the party rests, that character will have a dream. In the dream, he can choose to hunt either a bear or a jaguar or a monkey. If he hunts the bear, his strength will be raised; if he hunts the jaguar, his dexterity will be raised; if he hunts the monkey, his intelligence will be raised.

Exp. pts.	Level	Starting characters
0	1	-
100	2	Jimmy
200	3	-
400	4	-
800	5	Aiela, Dokray, Kysstaa
1600	6	Avatar, Rafkin, Shamuru
3200	7	Triolo, Johann
6400	8	Yunapotli, Ugyuk

Level-up dream
Chase the bear	Str +1, HM +6
Chase the jaguar	Dex +1, HM +4
Chase the monkey	Int +1, HM +4

(HM = Health Maximum)

Although Savage Empire is based on Ultima 6, the level-up system bears more similarity to Ultima 5. In fact, in Ultima 5, too, level-up happened while the party was resting, and attributes were raised by one unit only.