is this a good roleplay stat score?

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I thought I'd take a break from choosing a Blade whenever I want to play as a Bard so I thought I'd try a Skald, and without the items the skald has was given this score.

Note that I changed the race to Elf instead of halfelf with SK, since there is no reason as far as I'm aware of that an elf can't sing but please correct me if I'm wrong.

S-12
D-20
C-11
I-18
W-11 (originally 8)
C-19

Strength- low stength score is because I'm a Skald, my character didn't exactly spend all his time practicing swordfights and weight lifting.

Dexterity- Elves are naturally Dexterious and Bard's are rouges and actors so they need to be agile, I got the 20 because I imported from BG1, and used tomes to increase stats.

Constiution- Same as strength, and elves just don't have the build to be very high in the str or con department no matter what class.

Intelligance- Well it's probably a bit high but imo a Bards lore doesn't come from gossip, and stories alone and elves have a very long lifspan so a Bard of 200 years old+ would have an Int score of at least 15 I figure.

Wisdom- the fact that my characters alingment is CG and been a rouge would give a low wisdom imo.

Charisma- Well I'm an Elf and a Bard what else is there to say?

Well I'm running out of things to say so I'll finish off by saying.

Bards dominate.

 

Bards rule - especially when you allow yourself to bend the rules!

 

Sounds pretty good to me

I would have thought elves would have (in most cases) have better singing voices that Humans anyway.

 

Skalds are based off of Viking Bards, aren't they?

I remember in PnP AD&D, Dwarves could be Skalds. I just don't see an elf being a "Warrior-Bard," but I guess that's just me. Based on the whole "Warrior-Bard" aspect, a Skald sure can, and probably should, have higher Strength and Constitution scores than most other Bards.

 

But that's the whole point of being a rogue, isn't it? Bending the rules.
Bards all the way!. But I don't encourage bending rules, though, unless your opponent also happens to be doing so, as well.

Good stats. Personally, though, I'd like my Consitution below 10 and my Wisdom, higher.

Skalds are warriors of virtue, but it's not said if they prefer to use brute force or speed and agility in fights, so I'd say either high dex or high str. Con should be a bit higher, since this particular bard comes from worse conditions that Blades or Jesters, but that's the typical Skald.
Bard Int should be high (as high as a mage's fact, if you're to justify why you're still alive at level 20+ without special guidance from Tymora), as well as Wis, but typically Bards should have low Wis save the Blade and Jester.
There are Bards with low Char (even below the Bardic restrictions), but typically this should be high.

[ January 24, 2004, 15:47: Message edited by: Scythesong Immortal ]

 

About the Str and Dex. I have a low strength character because of the fact that the character is an Elf and it say's in the discription that they are generally "short and slim" and if the character avatar's are anything to go by it shows that Elf fighters are only the size, (body mass wise) the same as a female Human thief.
It is possible that some elves are an exception, but because I play an elf and elf fighters tend to reley more on Dex then Str I used low str high dex.

And about the wis, it's only a measure of common sense, enlightenment, and judgement, personally I don't know of any cases where a high int bard with low wis, wouldn't be smart enough to do whatever is best in a certain situation at a certain time, and isn't wis more of a spiritual stat then a common sense one? I'm not sure on this but I thought it may be the case because it is the Clerics prime stat, and they get their magic from some divine god.

 

Raise your CON, low CON dosnt get you anywhere, and nothing beats lots of Hit Points, even if you are bard, mage, (last-line character..)...
In BGI it took me 3-4 hours to roll my characteritcs to
S 17
D 19
C 17
I 17
W 16
C 18
.. SO try it few more times, you should be able to get some more points..(dosnt have to bi lik this one above.. )

 

Telcontar: You don't seem to be seeing the point of role playing, I can easily get similer stats I just choose not to since it would be powergaming, which I am sick of.

Roleplaying is about staying true to your class and your alingment and psersonality, not maximizing your ability's. Keep in mind this isn't saying you have to be a weakling you can roleplay and still have a great character, through items abilitys or whatever.

 

May I ask an irrelevent question?

okay here it is: Is dexterity important for a pure melee character?

 

Dexterity impoves your ac by +1 for everypoint from 15-18, but beyond that I'm not sure, it may improve reaction time and reduce chances of been hi I didn't check, but my character seems to get hit less then other characters with a dex of 18.

 

21 dex = 5 ac bonus
24 dex = 6 ac bonus

It helps greatly with missile weapons
and thats it, no more

 

I think Int and Wis score should be somewhat reversed... living longer doesn't make one more intelligent, but it usually makes one wiser...