my original recruitment requirements still stand, its just the first PC oes not really fit inwith that idea. Same with Dire Lemming's character, who i brought in to bring in a bit of some moral balanacing, though... he's having a hard time now i'll admit, though there will be many many opportunities for him to do something later on where the tongue will be a better choice than the fist.
I'll intorduce more opportunities for variation in reslving encounter later on. admittedly, these first two did lean towards the combat side