Your class determines your saving throws. I don't know the Saving Throw Table by heart but IIRC fighters have the best overall saving throws and mages have the best throws vs. spells, but I don't know about stats in 2ED but at least in 3ED they do matter. I have a strange feeling in the back of my head that Wisdom would affect saving throws in 2ED. Somebody confirm this?
You must roll a greater dice than your saving throw is in order to avoid the effect. Let's take an example:
Your saving throw vs. death is 5.
Enemy casts a Disintegrate at you. (I don't remember if the spell has penalties)
So you must roll a dice greater (or equal) than 5 in order to not became a pile of dust. [img]smile.gif[/img]
If (dice roll) is more or equal than [saving throw] then you pass.
If (dice roll) is less than [saving throw] then you fail.
And about modifiers:
If you have penalties, they actually rise the number you must roll, of course.
And beneficial effects lower the number required.
Example:
Spells has a -4 to saving throws vs. this spell.
You have natural ST of 10.
You roll 13.
So the formula is: 10-(-4) must be 13 or lower in order to avoid the spell.
And 14 (10 + 4) is greater than 13 you rolled and thus you are reduced to a steaming pile of flesh.
Somebody PLEASE correct me if I'm mistaken. [img]smile.gif[/img]
*EDIT* A minor mistake, but now fixed. Go away! There's nothing to see here!
[ 06-18-2003, 04:39 AM: Message edited by: McHaggis ]