Sorcerer/Mage:

When creating your Pawn, consider vocations that offer better leveling stats, such as Sorcerer, which provides extra Magick and Magick Defense per level.

Max vocations in both Mage and Sorcerer to utilize useful caster augments.

Recruit Pawns with desired skills like High Levin, High Comestion, High Hallidom, and High Anodyne, though these are nearly impossible to find.

You can change your Pawn's Vocation at any time, and many spells are shared between Mage and Sorcerer.

The Sorcerer vocation has better leveling stats than the Mage.

Projected final stats for a Sorcerer, assuming Mage was the starting Vocation, are HP 3048, ST 3070, STR 258, MGK 866, DEF 177, MDF 657.

You can equip your Main Pawn with any gear they can wear, purchase and equip skills, and customize their appearance and starting Vocation.

To recruit other Pawns, you must have your Main Pawn with you.

If your Main Pawn dies, touching a Riftstone will bring them back.

When determining your Pawn's appearance and starting Vocation, choose answers that raise their 'Scather' and 'Challenger' ratings to make them more aggressive attackers.

Pawn inclinations and manner of speech can be changed by sitting them at a 'Knowledge Chair', usually found near resting places.

During the 'Strength In Numbers' quest, you will be teleported to training grounds north of the Notice Board (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)) in the Encampment.

Talk to Ser Berne again to learn about three tasks: carrying boxes, hitting wooden targets (scarecrows), and hitting colored targets (blue for physical resistance, red for others).

To recruit your fourth Pawn for the 'Strength In Numbers' quest, touch the Riftstone in the Riftstone tent.

Recruiting any Pawn walking around Gransys earns the achievement/trophy 'Local Recruit'.

Recruiting a fourth Pawn via the Riftstone earns the achievement/trophy 'Foreign Recruit'.

Avoid expending Rift Currency on Pawns, as it is not easy to obtain and not necessary.