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Old 07-29-2002, 11:04 AM   #10
Illumina Drathiran'ar
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Join Date: July 10, 2002
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Dundee, INT is the prime stat for sorcs in SoA. Normally sorcs get their spells based on Cha, but there you go.
The protection from evil granted by the staff of the magi never protected a wielder in my party from a demon, I guess it's just a bug. But it's that way for me, too. BUT the idiot summoner DOES start targeting the demon. I don't know how that spellcaster got hold of an item like the Staff of the Magi if she's so stupid as to attack a demon she just summoned, but there you go. If she pumped all her points into INT and none in WIS she'd have no common sense.
With that in mind, here's what I say the ideal stats for a solo sorc are:
STR:10 (add a girdle of any giant strength)
DEX:10 (add bracers of dexterity)
CON: (race max)
WIS:12
INT:18
CHA:12 (add ring of human influence and perhaps a nymph cloak.. is there one in SoA? I know that every item in BG1 can be gotten in SoA by either importing a char, ShadowKeeper, or found in the game.. is the Nymph Cloak in SoA? I forget.)

A good rule of thumb when rolling for stats is to roll till you get 80 points total, or 10 in each stat plus 20 to distribute as you see fit. With the above stats your char is balanced, the points are distributed where they're important, and items that boost stats will boost your not-so-impressive stats.
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