i can't tell what's going on during combat. any tips? I constantly get my ass handed to me since I chose the seduction/charisma points and so far I don't have any spells or actions to use that include charisma, so I'm pretty much fucked.
Agility, Endurance, Strength not lower than 5. Higher Agility and Strength is better. Perception 5 would also be cool. Guarding with a shield when they damage you, waiting until they lose stability and stop, attacking with Spring Attack, Careful Attack. Destroying armor of stronger opponents with Armor Crusher skill.
Before attempting serious walkthrough better farm achievements.
There's ToA wiki, it has tips for all mentioned, it has textual guide on main pqge.
CHA will give you better seduction options in combat, which will help you have sex with them (as either top or bottom), but a lot of enemies won't be defeated by sex alone. Some will give up when dominated, some will be satisfied when they fuck you, but a lot of them will just keep on fighting until you're defeated. You can check the win/loss conditions with a little pop-out tab thing on the right/middle of the screen.
with decent charisma and the perk to heal when you eat cum, you can skate by early game by dropping to your knees. if you're careful you can get enough exp to buff up combat stats.
honestly you can dump strength if you go with agi and end; then you'll never half to worry about stamina and poise in combat, use backsteps and ripostes to trip up enemies and then kick/teabag them while they're down.