Classes

In Shadows over Loathing

There are three character classes which are chosen during a dream sequence on the first night at Murray's Antique Store, after completing a few preliminary quests.

• Cheese Wizard, a class focused on the mysticality stat. This class uses magic in fights.
• Pig Skinner, a class focused on the muscle stat. This class uses melee weapons in fights.
• Jazz Agent, a class focused on the moxie stat. This class uses ranged weapons in fights and relies on music-related skills.
  • Playing as this class will result in all but the last boss' battle to play a tune similar to "Hobo Camp", sometimes with alteration. Skills in this class may add to the tune of the currently played music upon use.

All classes are fairly well-balanced and for crafting, can choose any one of the three available minor specialitizations: Cryptobotany, Insectology or Psychogeology. The difficulty depends on your play-style and your companion.

In West of Loathing

There are three character classes which are also chosen during a dream sequence, early in the game.

• Cow Puncher, a class focused on the muscle stat. This class uses melee weapons and crafts items using Leatherworkery.
• Beanslinger, a class focused on the mysticality stat. This class uses bean-magic in the fights and crafts items using Master Cookery.
• Snake Oiler, a class focused on the moxie stat. They have a pistol as a weapon of choice and crafts items using Potionology.

All classes are fairly well-balanced. The difficulty depends on your play-style and your "Pardner".