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Originally posted by ElfBane:
Where does Reputation matter? How can you even see it in your character stats? I see a stat called *reaction level*, but what does that do?
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You can't see your reputation in your character sheet. It's purposely kept "behind the scenes" to discourage players from manipulating rep the way the can in the BG series.
Reputation is most important to Rangers and Paladins. If reputaion become too low, they can fall from grace and become ordinary fighters with only 2 proficiencies allowed per weapon.
Reputation also negatively affects store prices. A loss of 4 reputation points will increase prices by about 30%.
There are two types of "reaction" stats that are sometimes confused with each other. The first is an intiative adjustment based on DEX. This is used to determine whether you or the monster gets the first attack. The second type is an NPC's reaction to your character. In D&D, favorable NPC reactions are based on chance (whether the NPC was having a good or bad day) and modified by the character's CHA. I don't think this was implemented in the game. Instead, there are threshold limit values for various dialogue options. For example, in order to receive a particular response from an NPC, the dialogue character needs a CHA= whatever.
[ 11-15-2004, 03:48 PM: Message edited by: Otto ]