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Originally posted by Madriver: quote: Originally posted by Galadria: Aar-Daneel, I hope that you are right. 30 would be a LOT better than 28. Your manners are lovely. I shall look forward to playing NWN with you. Encard, it took time for me to get it, too, but if you have played PS: T, you'll get the idea. Instead of adding points to your stats numerically, you have to "Buy" higher scores. You will be given 28 (or, hopefully 30) points to expend on your character's stats. So, it doesn't just take 1 point to move from 17 to 18, it takes 3! That's why it is so imporant to get everything as high as you can at the start, because you get 1 point more per 4 levels that you gain. That is why I have been feverishly trying to finagle all the 'crucial' scores high, but not too high. There are penalties attached to having too low an INT or WIS, unlike BG and BGII, where a fighter could merely disregard them.

I actually like the point buy system, it means I won't be rolling for hours to try and get nice stats for my starting character.
Galadria, I think you might be confused from reading the above, correct me if I'm wrong. The points you get from gaining 4 levels are not the same as the starting ones. So when my character gets to 4th level he can use the one ability point to go from 17 to 18 strength...it doesn't take multiple ones...he doesn't have to save for 12 levels.

I'd buff up your wisdom some more and don't worry too much about the dex...the cleric will be wearing armor after all.[/QUOTE]You are correct here, the ability raise points you get increase the stat by one, not a continuation of the point buy system. A good thumbrule is to have a score on an uneven number cause when you hit level 4 you can increase that to an even number and your modifier raises one..