Dwarf Fighter Help! (Stat Rolls)
Alistar2013
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I have just bought the BG:EE from Steam I played this game many many years ago, I loved it! Now I am starting a new character to kick off getting this game again. My question is what is the highest stat roll I can obtain legitimately so far I have a roll of 85 with 18/97 STR! I'm wondering if I can roll a few more points and try my luck.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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The maximum roll would be 18-17-19-18-18-16 on a Dwarf in BGEE I believe. This is 106 roll. But you might be rolling for the rest of of your life before you obtain that score, and as I said, there's really no need to.
Well you can see the maximum stats for a character you create at the Ability Score screen at character creation, by clicking on each ability (there it will say your minimum and your maximum score).
As to which stats to prioritize for which class (or multiclass), the manual gives some information. But it's not that difficult to understand really. Warrior types benefit the most from high scores in the first three stats: STR, DEX and CON, which are the three physical stats. For Thieves and Monks it's the same, because like Warriors these classes don't cast spells so they don't need high mental stats (although high INT/WIS is nice for Lore, and high CHA for shop prices). STR and DEX should be priorities; CON needn't be higher than 15-16 for these two classes. The other classes are casters: either divine casters (Cleric, Druid) which calls for high WIS, or arcane casters (Mage, Bard), which calls for high INT. The caster classes benefit from reasonably good physical stats (carrying capacity, ability to hit, dodging, hit point rolls), but they don't rely on them as much as Warriors and Thieves and Monks do. The odd class out is the Sorcerer who's a caster that doesn't need high WIS or INT, so you could be more generous with the physical stats and with CHA when you play one.
If you're playing a Warrior/Caster or Thief/Caster multiclass you'll have to combine the recommended stats of both individual classes.
STR: 18/95 (= max)
DEX: 17(= max)
CON: 19 (= max)
INT: 15
WIS: 8
CHA: 10
However, as I said, with the non-physical stas it doesn't matter much how you dsitribute them. I wouldn't go lower than 9 with your INT, so that you could use certain items that have a minimum requirement of 9 INT. High INT will also protect you against a specific type of enemy in BG2. I like my characters to be reasonably intelligent anyway and moderately charismatic.
High rolls only become necessary with MAD (multiple attribute dependent) classes like Fighter/Mages, Fighter/Clerics, Paladins and so on. In many of these cases (especially Paladins and Elven Rangers) you actually get high minimums for many stats, making high rolls easy. IIRC Dwarf Fighters are one of the hardest class/race combos to roll high on.
That's why I fully agreed with @Blackraven 's distribution of stats.
Dwarven fighters have low minimums, so an +85 is a great roll. Less great with an elven ranger or Paladin, as noted. The hardest build to roll up imo is Fighter to Druid DC. Wis and cha both need 17 to dual, which makes getting decent str harder. You'd likely just go for highest total.