I have a probably very silly question that certainly identifies me as being very new at all this. Do your character stats ever increase? (i.e. STR, DEX, ect.) I know they can temporarily increase with potions and majical items, but do they ever increase permenatly with level gains?

Domer

i dont believe so. you keep what you start with

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Level gains will not increase your stats...only give you proficiencies and abilities. That is one flaw of D&D...There are sometimes items or potions that can permenately raise a stat to be found. I hope you find them!

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Nope but certain magical items raise them when you equip them.

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HEY JEROME!! I NAMED MY PALADIN IN HoFW AFTER YOU!!!




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In BG1, there are tomes that increase a single stat by one point, so if you import a BG1 character, you can have increased stats. (or you can cheat and import the Tomes using CLUAConsole...http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif the ones for wisdom and charisma don't work though...)

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That's what I thaught. I shall search for these items. I grew up playing Wizardy and in that game your stats increase with level gains, sometimes go down as well though. But with multiple reloads! I never lost a single stat!

Domer

Here's some good news. Pool of Radiance and Neverwinter Nights are based on 3rd Edition D&D. This means that, every few levels, you can increase a chosen stat by 1 point. In BG2 itself, there are points where abilities can decrease or increase, but I won't spoil them