Avowed's character creator lets you lie to yourself. If you so choose, you can hide your protagonist's chosen one magical mushroom man features, letting you embody that oh so rare fantasy of being a hot elf with weirdly dead eyes in a fantasy RPG, mushroom-free. This is no way to live, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise: You are fungus in Avowed, do not try to deny it.
The envoy in Avowed is a "godlike," a race from Pillars of Eternity somewhat reminiscent of tieflings or genasi from Dungeons & Dragons. Claimed by one of Eora's divine powers at birth, godlikes are marked with features associated with the god in question. In the case of our envoy's mystery deity, it's an assortment of fungal growths and woody accessories, Star Trek rubber forehead alien flair and Dryad chic, with a shocking assortment to choose from. Only, the character creator also lets you hide those features entirely, reducing the envoy to a regular-looking schmuck while everyone still reacts to them like they're a freak of nature.
