Stat Prioritization

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

How do you prioritize your stats?

I'm a str end agi wis kind of girl. I like taking my time learning and I like having more hitpoints and stamina but most of all I need to be able to carry a lot.

[Jihelu]

Agility.
Always agility.
Less I'm playing merchant/magicker
Then wisdom

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

Having advanced or journeyman in something isn't a right for me, its a privilege.

That has backfired a few times but hey, you can always make a new character.

[Barsook]

It depends on what PC concept that I have in mind.

[valeria]

Sometimes no (lol why would I prioritize stats on my nobles), and it depends on whether one stat is more critical to my character concept than another.  I've made more than a few physical characters where I just don't care because I find all of the stats useful.  I'd probably prioritize wisdom on a gicker and agility on a sneaky.

I keep wanting to make a high-agility warrior character that uses spears.  I would totally not name her Oberyn.

[RogueGunslinger]

Every time. Most of the time I prioritize every stat, but when playing magickers it's wisdom-strength and I let the others randomize.

Warrior/ranger/assassin - Str Agi Wis End sometimes I swap wisdom and endurance.

[Synthesis]

I want to prioritize agility every time, but I've been burned by heinous carrying capacity, so I think I'm going to start sucking it up and going with strength first, like everyone else.

[Dresan]

I think encumbrance vs strength really need to be looked at, good human strength is not really that good even with leathers.

[RogueGunslinger]

If good human strength isn't enough for you to wear leather you should probably stop lugging head-sized hunks of stone and 50 lbs of water in your pack.

I'd much rather strength not be so good for combat than to take away it's side-effects like encumbrance.

[Dresan]

Assumptions about how I'm playing aside. Its never really sounded like it is just the damage output is the thing that makes people want to prioritize strength. At least it isn't in my case.

[JackGibbons]

Every time. Most of the time I prioritize every stat, but when playing magickers it's wisdom-strength and I let the others randomize.

Warrior/ranger/assassin - Str Agi Wis End sometimes I swap wisdom and endurance.

If it's within the rules to answer, why do you put Wis above End? Won't having more HP/Stun be more important than skilling up a bit faster? You can always invest more time into the char to overcome the lower Wis but you can't gain HP/Stun by playing (except age of course).

[RogueGunslinger]

I'd rather avoid poor wisdom than benefit from the effects of above average endurance. Is how I reason it.

[JackGibbons]

I'd rather avoid poor wisdom than benefit from the effects of above average endurance. Is how I reason it.

Sure, the only thing I can think of that wisdom does is makes your skilling take longer, which you can solve with patience. But perhaps it has more effects beyond that that I'm not considering. Helpfile just says "learn from their mistakes quicker, magickers regenerate faster, and languages are picked up more easily".

[Beethoven]

Sometimes no (lol why would I prioritize stats on my nobles)

Prioritize endurance for all that Waying!

[JackGibbons]

Sometimes no (lol why would I prioritize stats on my nobles)

Prioritize endurance for all that Waying!

[Asmoth]

Play a D-elf with AI wisdom, and you'll shit your pants how quick you learn languages.

[Patuk]

Play a D-elf with AI wisdom, and you'll shit your pants how quick you learn languages.

I'd be inclined to agree if elves actually had higher wisdom than humans do, which they don't.

[RogueGunslinger]

You're basing that off of mana, right? In my experience elves learn quicker than humans. To a noticeable degree.

[Patuk]

I do, but even then, the difference between humans and elves is nowhere near as noticeable as the difference between humans and dwarves is.

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

Humans and elves can have fertile children together, so I imagine the difference isn't quite as great.

[Patuk]

Not too sure about that, the difference in strength and agility is huge.

[IAmJacksOpinion]

It depends entirely on what I'm playing.

Agi Str End Wis probably winds up in my prompt more often than anything else b/c I don't like to play big, bulky fighters very often.

[evilcabbage]

humans in zalanthas are physically weaker than humans in real life, as far as strength goes.

a human, to actually start carrying the amount of weight your average real life human is, needs at the very lead very good to extremely good strength.

an -average- zalanthan human is weaker than the -average- real life human.

that is why most people go str agi first. they need the high strength because they can barely lift a corpse even when mostly naked.

[Lizzie]

I prioritized twice. I was not happy with the results either time. That was shortly after the option was first rolled out. Haven't bothered since. I always do a random roll and if I'm not -really- happy with the results, I'll reroll, and then reroll undo if necessary. I haven't had an unplayable character, ever, so it's a non-issue for me.

[John]

It depends on the character I'm playing. If I've written a description of a big brawny man, I'll prioritise strength. If I've got a 90 lb weakling, I'll prioritise Wisdom.

Do I prioritise stats based on class? Sorta? I've played big brawny magickers and merchants. I've played agile fighters and strong rangers. I largely look at the character's background and what they've done with their life. Gone out mining 'sid? Probably have strength. Gone out foraging rocks? Probably endurance followed by strength? Gone out mining salt? Whatever I feel like, probably endurance. Stayed in the city all their lives? Probably not prioritising strength or endurance.

It all just depends. I always prioritise. Although mostly so I don't end up with "this man is really weak" and then getting absolutely incredible strength.

[Kryos]

I have learned it doesn't matter for me, I'll never see an AI stat(insert crying here).  But yes, I always prioritize and have a fairly stable order I use based on role type.

[MeTekillot]

I think I know what stat I always prioritize first.

[650Booger]

if you give WIS a low priority, do you then RP your character as not very intelligent? 

[John]

if you give WIS a low priority, do you then RP your character as not very intelligent?  

Wisdom is my current character's worse score. It is average. Dumping wisdom doesn't mean you're not smart (can't remember what score I put wisdom on. I know it wasn't my highest score).

Also I reject the idea that you cannot be smart if you have a low wisdom score. Wisdom in Armageddon represents how quickly you learn new things. You can be knowledgeable (have high ranks in various different skills) and yet have low wisdom. It represents for Half-Giants how easily fooled they are, but they could be quite knowledgable and may pick up new things very quickly (although have no deep understanding of what they're doing). You could also be cunning, but not be very knowledgeable about things.

A low wisdom score should definitely represent something about your character. But IMO it does not necessarily mean you have low intelligence.

[Riev]

I treat WIS like DnD would treat WIS. We don't have an INT stat, because thats more of an RP tool here. If you have low WIS you might be the kind of person who constantly makes the same mistakes and doesn't learn from them (read: the bad criminal who keeps trying to steal from the same people).

Or, perhaps, you're the dwarf-like focus kind of person who doesn't have the capacity to focus on several things at once... if its not in front of you at the current moment it may as well not exist.

Shit, could take the mystical route a la magickers and even suggest that having low WIS means you're not as 'attuned' to your environment (or your self) and you thusly aren't very observant of your physical surroundings, or emotions of others.






Or its just a dump stat because you aren't a filthy witch/casual and plan on grinding until you're gud anyway.