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Originally posted by Zoltan:
I'm not thinking about dual wield or light armor. High dex gives you ac bonus as I know. I'm very familiar with 2nd edition so I'M used to give high dex even with a full plate I wont benefit dex bonus? or for bow
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DEXTERITY has many benefits. Pumping it up is good. If nothing else, it allows you faster movement rates, better chance to get attack first, better reflexes to avoid damage. I have my Dexterity pumped up to 17, 22 with items equipped. (Course my character does have thieving skills too, so . . .)
STRENGTH is good when you want to hurt something or to open stuff (bash chests, etc.)
Both of these are good overall for any character. CON is too as it allows you to negate poison/disease to some effect. Plus you get more HP's that allow you to live longer. LOL Intelligence is good for skill points, but you can get by with this being lower (unless you go mage). Where I messed up was that I didn't pump into CHARISMA which helps for persuade and especially in my case Sorceror spells (I have 11 so can only cast 1st level). Ah well, I might try to pump it up to get 3rd level (2nd level spells). That's what I meant by just now running into limitations. If I had known the game would give you items to pump up strength and dex, I wouldn't have added so much to them (I have 24 STR & 22 DEX). I do avoid most traps and magic spells now though (as DEXTERITY plus DODGE gives you a better percentile on avoiding damage).