Turn-based combat HUD: Aloth's turn, AoE targeting preview
Pillars of Eternity · Battle / Tactics
Art style Painterly illustration
About this game
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment · Publisher: Xbox Game Studios · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Painterly illustration · Screen type: Battle / Tactics
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What to study
The turn-based retrofit keeps the isometric battlefield but reframes it as a tactics board: the top banner names the acting character and initiative (Aloth, 4), the right-hand Current Round list ranks every combatant with health bars, and the bottom holds the party portraits, the tiered ability bar (I-VIII) and a green End Turn button. Targeting is explicit rather than implied: the selected attack paints a red area circle on the ice with a hit-chance marker, so the player judges the spell before committing. Frame at about 1:12 in the Turn Based Mode trailer (Steam).
Patterns
How the screen is arranged.
hud-overlay turn-order-panel party-bar combat-log
Components
Parts on screen.
Banner Timeline Log Portrait Action bar Marker
Screen inventory
- Your Turn banner: Aloth, 4 Initiative
- Current Round initiative list, right edge (Aloth, Eothas, Kana, Durance, Hiravias)
- Next Round preview below the list
- party portraits with HP values bottom left (242/303, 360/393, 258/238, 82/281, 408/408, 263/266)
- selected-character ability bar with Roman-numeral spell tiers I-VIII
- End Turn button, 21m range readout
- combat log bottom right (Zahua gains a Wound; Eyeless Stonepiercer Javelin Stab hits Hiravias for 58 Pierce damage)
- red AoE targeting circle on the ice with a 100% hit-chance marker
- green ally selection rings, red enemy rings
Top 3 colors
#221e22 22%#a6bfd3 21%#879eb0 16%
Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.
Source and credit
© Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios, Pillars of Eternity screenshot: Turn Based Mode trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Xbox Game Studios.
Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page
Source details
Fetched 2026-11-01. verified 2026-11-01: frame extracted from the official Turn Based Mode trailer (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; turn banner, initiative list, party bar, ability bar, End Turn button, combat log and AoE targeting circle all confirmed legible
Obsidian Community Guidelines for IP Usage (obsidian.net/legal/ip-use, September 2, 2022) expressly covers Pillars of Eternity for fan projects; fair-use study use, takedown honored within 48h
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