New to Torment and could use advice

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Hi all. I've been hearing for months how fantastic PT is supposed to be, so I decided to buy it.

My question then. How to begin? What is a good distribution of ability points? This is what I chose. Please tell me if I should rethink it.

str13 dex13 wis13 int13 cha10

I went this way because I had no idea what to expect later in the game and and usually a well rounded character will prevail over a character that excells in just 1 or 2 abilities. But like I said, I'm new to PT and I'd like your input.

Thanks for reading.

-Immoral

 

You are right about wanting to be well-rounded, although for role playing purposes you might find it easier to define the character by having one or two stats that he favours. I favoured intelligence and charisma in this game even though I planned to mostly play a fighter : I did so because the dialogue options rule the game to a much greater degree than in other games, and those two stats have the greatest impact on the dialogue options you get. My wisdom was a 13, which I think has also helped the dialogue options, and the remaining stats were 10. I think I'm about half-way through the game and I've not been disappointed. You get additional stat points when you level up so I've been beefing up strength, dexterity and constitution with those. But really, there's so much flexibility in the game that your role-playing style can dictate the stats you want to a much higher degree than you might expect. If you want to talk your way out of trouble, go for Charisma. If you like to fight, go for Dex (to boost armour class) and Strength.

 

my char was a big time warrior, so i put it into str and dex

 

Welcome to the club!

The emphasis in Planescape is not so much on combat but dialog.

Invest in Wisdom, Charisma and Intelligence to get all those extra dialog options.

I bumped my Wisdom to 18, Charisma and Intelligence 15 respectively and distributed the remaining points to other attributes. I used Morte for a fighter and Dak'kon for a mage, and I was mostly a fighter.

As in real life

 

Actually the only stat that can't alter dialoge seems to be constitution.
High dex means you can grab a pick-pockets hand or catch a fleeing person.
High strength lets you lift heavy things.

 

Constitution affects hit points and regeneration speed. If you have low con you will have low hit points. In certain dialogs you take damage as a result of the conversation eg. getting you eye changed in the smoldering corpse bar, losing you hand in the museum in one of the 2 wards.

 

A high wisdom actually gives an experience bonus in Torment, you might want to use that as help.

 

Actually, I think it doesn't really matter - any character can finish the game.

However, I do suggest that you really keep charisma low because of nice "Friends" spell you can acquire at Hive market and use when needed to boost up your CHR.

 

Thanks everybody for all the replies and advice. I've decided to just go ahead and play out the game I stateted with the aforementioned stats.

Right now, I just emerged from the Mausoleum and I've obtained the services of a familiar name from BG2, Dak'kon Zerth. I like this guy.

One more question though. I was reading that dying can sometimes help you to recall some old memory, or even gain a special ability. Is this true? Should I die once in a while?

Thanks again for the welcomes to this forum and all the great advice.

-Immoral

 

Hehe, no you won't gain any special powers by getting killed...

However, that's in fact a second hand spoiler. You will get some memories by dying and you will get a certain info by dying - a spoiler on that is below.

Of course, some areas can be entered by dying, but that is not the only way to get into them.


THE SPOILER
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The only way to explore your own tomb (and find one of your journals) is to kill yourself every time you find a key to pass a portal.
The info for getting dead you can get from githyanki in Lower Ward. Accept githyanki's offer (DO NOT talk to githyanki with Dak'kon in area of sight), let him kill you and use info you hear to settle some things with Ki'ina.



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Immoral, I spotted you on that srealer/robber/copycat site...
There is nothing interesting there really. They don't have anything there.
Don't waste your time and posts there.
Only what they know is to steal stuff from other sites.

We want you here!

Anyway, you asked in the title for the advice - this is the best advice I could think of.




[This message has been edited by Extremist (edited August 16, 2001).]

 

Not qualified to give any advice yet, but since I am also new to this game and could use some advice I didn't see the need for another topic... So I thought I could ask on this thread instead, ok?

Should I invest every proficency into one class, fighter etc. or should I swap between classes if this is possible. Very strange game, but I like it, alot

And this Ignus guy, do I really need a mage or will Dak'kon be enough?

 

Hi!
I have played Torment many times and have to say its an amazing game. But I have had a few probs. Mainly, the old favourite, Fighter, Mage or Thief? I usually use stats that will profit all three, but I have not decided which class to use and properly play with. Can anyone help?

 

You must start as fighter.

Pretty soon you'll be able to switch class to thief or mage.

Trust me, you'll know that time what suits you the best, and what class you'll invest experience into.

 

otay tanks think i'll try mage, since annah can probably be a better theif than the nameless one

 

Dragonslayer:

I think Ignus makes a better mage then Dakkon, since he is straight mage, but I liked Dakkon better. Ignus is dangerous at times and if you say the wrong things he might attack you. I suggest Ignus however, because of his powerful fire spells.... fiery rain beats up Stale Mary in one go!

 

I agree. Ignus rocks, mostly 'cos you can use him as a ranged fighter as well. Although once you get ignus, you can't give the decanter to mourns-for-trees.... wht happens if you talk to him first?

 

I've played Torment through a couple of times and I think to really get the most out of the game you have to play as a mage. I say this because a lot of the dialog between the Nameless One and Dakkon/Ignus can only be accesses if you are a mage with high inteliigence? . These conversations between the characters is what I think makes the game the best computer RPG I have ever played. Of course if you want to waltz in and slaughter everything a fighter is the way to go because the Nameless one become a pretty awesome character at the end of the game.