diviton wrote:I was thinking of going Oka with this build. Is this a good idea?
I know Oka benefits all forms of melee combat, including unarmed, but would it be better to go with a weapon? Will Oka still gift a lot of weapons if you've only trained UC, or will his gifts be more weighted towards armor without any weapon skills trained?
Actually the +5 skill boost from Heroism does
more for unarmed combat compared to other forms of melee, due to the fact that UC damage is more skill-dependent than any other melee.
But even if that weren't the case, you already have a weapon from your background—your fists. You don't need a god to gift you a good weapon nor worry about finding one; this is one of the main advantages of UC. The other is all the support you get from tmut spells. Transmuters start with both, so you should just use your fists.
Okawaru will still give you lots of weapons, but one of the great things about transmuters is you don't even have to go through the trouble of wielding or inspecting those weapons in the (usually vain) hope that they will be good. You can just ignore them entirely. I actually find Okawaru a lot more enjoyable with UC to be honest.