ability cap

ZFR · 10-25-2006, 09:24 AM

I noticed while playing the OC there is an ability cap. According to nwnwiki there is a +12 bonus cap http://www.nwnwiki.org/Ability_cap

Is this cap only for OC or for other modules as well. Is it changed in the expansion?

robertthebard · 10-25-2006, 09:46 AM

The cap for all ability attributes is 12.

Edit: That is to say that the bonus you can get on any one is twelve. You could get a +12 on all of them if you had the proper gear. The cap is "engine controlled", and applies to all modules that haven't hak'd it out, if any have.

[ 10-25-2006, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: robertthebard ]

Tyrion · 10-26-2006, 03:46 PM

thats why my archers dex bonus hasnt improved!

robertthebard · 10-26-2006, 10:02 PM

It will improve, if you add stat points to dex on lvl up. I have an archer posted in the EfU forum with a 50 dex, including her +12 bonus. The bonus is capped, but you can add points until you run out of lvls to add them, with feats, and the stat point you get every 4 levels.

ZFR · 10-27-2006, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by robertthebard:
It will improve, if you add stat points to dex on lvl up. I have an archer posted in the EfU forum with a 50 dex, including her +12 bonus. The bonus is capped, but you can add points until you run out of lvls to add them, with feats, and the stat point you get every 4 levels.

50? that's 38 without items. How can you get so much?

robertthebard · 10-27-2006, 01:00 PM

It's a trade off, elves can have a starting dex of 20. The thing you have to decide when you do that is what kind of gear you're going to have, and what kind of stuff you're going to be fighting. In just a run through the OC's, I don't think I'd push it like that, since you're going to come across all kinds of opponents. However, to run in Undermountain, with the right gear, a wisdom of 8 won't be so bad, because you can get immunities to mind spells, and you can get fort save items, or constitution boosts from items.
In a low magic world, I'd have done her a bit differently, but when you have the gear, you take advantage of it.

ZFR · 10-27-2006, 03:11 PM

I still don't understand how you reach 38...

It's +1 stat every 4 levels. At level 40 it's +10

20+10=30... what next?

robertthebard · 10-27-2006, 03:33 PM

Once you get to epic levels, level 21, you can take the Great Dexterity feat. It adds one point of dex every time you take it.

ZFR · 10-27-2006, 04:34 PM

ok thanks.

Still it would be nice if no such cap existed. Or if it was level dependent...

robertthebard · 10-27-2006, 05:10 PM

In a way, it is level dependant. At least, the maximum value is. After all, my archer had to be lvl 40 to attain the 50 dex.

10-25-2006, 09:24 AM	#1
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,367	I noticed while playing the OC there is an ability cap. According to nwnwiki there is a +12 bonus cap http://www.nwnwiki.org/Ability_cap Is this cap only for OC or for other modules as well. Is it changed in the expansion? __________________ ZFR

10-25-2006, 09:46 AM	#2
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 60 Posts: 4,537	The cap for all ability attributes is 12. Edit: That is to say that the bonus you can get on any one is twelve. You could get a +12 on all of them if you had the proper gear. The cap is "engine controlled", and applies to all modules that haven't hak'd it out, if any have. [ 10-25-2006, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: robertthebard ] __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs.

10-26-2006, 03:46 PM	#3
Tyrion Quintesson Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: straight outta Kålltorp Age: 37 Posts: 1,081	thats why my archers dex bonus hasnt improved! __________________ ...with the Bible and the Uzi as weapons

10-26-2006, 10:02 PM	#4
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 60 Posts: 4,537	It will improve, if you add stat points to dex on lvl up. I have an archer posted in the EfU forum with a 50 dex, including her +12 bonus. The bonus is capped, but you can add points until you run out of lvls to add them, with feats, and the stat point you get every 4 levels. __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs.

10-27-2006, 01:00 PM	#6
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 60 Posts: 4,537	It's a trade off, elves can have a starting dex of 20. The thing you have to decide when you do that is what kind of gear you're going to have, and what kind of stuff you're going to be fighting. In just a run through the OC's, I don't think I'd push it like that, since you're going to come across all kinds of opponents. However, to run in Undermountain, with the right gear, a wisdom of 8 won't be so bad, because you can get immunities to mind spells, and you can get fort save items, or constitution boosts from items. In a low magic world, I'd have done her a bit differently, but when you have the gear, you take advantage of it. __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs.

10-27-2006, 03:11 PM	#7
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,367	I still don't understand how you reach 38... It's +1 stat every 4 levels. At level 40 it's +10 20+10=30... what next? __________________ ZFR

10-27-2006, 03:33 PM	#8
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 60 Posts: 4,537	Once you get to epic levels, level 21, you can take the Great Dexterity feat. It adds one point of dex every time you take it. __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs.

10-27-2006, 04:34 PM	#9
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,367	ok thanks. Still it would be nice if no such cap existed. Or if it was level dependent... __________________ ZFR

10-27-2006, 05:10 PM	#10
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 60 Posts: 4,537	In a way, it is level dependant. At least, the maximum value is. After all, my archer had to be lvl 40 to attain the 50 dex. __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs.

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