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Low strength, but high total roll

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition' started by Cecily Griselda, May 16, 2017.

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    Remove all ads!
    How is that even possible...

    Should I keep the total roll, and low STR, or re-roll lower total roll to have higher STR...
     
    Cecily Griselda, May 16, 2017
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    I assume you mean a low percentile strength ? (ie 18/05 for example)
    In my opinion, keeping a high roll would be better, as there's some opportunities to raise your stats throughout the game, so any score of 18 will roll over to 19 regardless.
     
    xosmi, May 16, 2017
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    What was the roll? My highest was a 106 on a paladin (took hours)18/69 ish
     
    Vhailor, May 16, 2017
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    There will be plenty of items that boost Strength to 19 and beyond. Definitely keep your high rolls in other stats.
     
    Beren, May 16, 2017
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    For the most part high str is not a big issue. There are a lot of ways to increase your str via items or spells or avoiding the issue by using spells or ranged weapons. Generally I would take high general stats and put them into other stats that are harder to improve.
     
    Yoshimo's Heart, May 25, 2017
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    106? Yeow! I was happy to get a 95 (once . . .)
     
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    Yeah, i've hit a total score of 106 exactly once, and ever since then the highest i rolled were several 102/103 scores, hitting 104 once as well, but i've not seen a total of 106 again ever since, and not for a lack of trying :p
     
    xosmi, Nov 5, 2017
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    Still trying for at least 100, deleted my 102 Bard because I didn't max out his Con :(
     
    Sorvo, Nov 28, 2017
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    Manually rolling for a high value like that can be a pain in the ass, you can always use the AHK autoroller script to do the hard work for you or if there's a specific value you have in mind already you could consider giving yourself the stats using EEkeeper.
     
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    What? You only need 95 roll, 16/18 str, 18 dex, 15 cha, wis3, int18... you could squeeze there at least 16 con
     
    Cecily Griselda, Nov 29, 2017
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    I never thought about the regenerating and I'm not taking a 3 wisdom :p
     
    Sorvo, Nov 30, 2017
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    Wait, you deleted a 102 on a bard? Does the EE have some sort of Int requirement over 16?

    S - 18
    D - 18
    C - 16
    I - 16
    W - 16
    Ch - 18

    Total - 102

    That's more than a totally kickass bard. If you must have more Int, you could have a 14 Wis with no problem or a 16 Str as well.

    I don't get why you would delete that roll?
     
    dmc, Nov 30, 2017
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    to get an 18 con score, buckler + tome = 20 and I just realized I posted in the wrong forum :o
     
    Sorvo, Dec 1, 2017
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    Keep trying Sorvo. A bard needs atleast a roll of 108 to be useful. :p
     
    Fallen Paladin, Dec 4, 2017
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    Never noticed but I admit not using bards too often.
     
    pplr, Dec 5, 2017
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