Post by MaciekPost by o_ajax_oStrength: 17
Dexterity: 11
Constitution: 13
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 12
Charisma: 15
Which should I upgrade? I will not be 'dual-classing'.
Str. The more often you hit and more damage you make, the better.
Maciek
Hmm, don't see the original message. I would base my advice on what
level the character currently is. While STR is certainly good, it's
not a no-brainer IMO. With WIS of 12, you're limited to lvl 2 spells
unless you equip items to raise your WIS. So, you'll either want to
raise that at some point or look for those items. I prefer to set WIS
to 14 and find items to raise other stats. Also, you may not be
interested in casting lvl 3/4 paladin spells, which is OK as well.
All the paladins special abilities are based on Charisma, so you'll
definitely want to increase that at some point. Raising CON to 14 is
a good idea to gain more hitpoints. I would definitely raise it to 14
but probably not past that.
All the uneven stats are really kind of wasted at the moment, since
you only get stat bonuses on even numbers. I would raise STR to 18 as
previously suggested, but wouldn't raise it past that. Find items to
boost it further. If your character is currently lvl 3, I'd probably
recommend first boosting STR to 18, then CHA to 16, then CON to 14.
Then, boost one additional stat 2 more times. Either WIS to cast
those spells, or CHA to to improve your paladin skills. At this
point, I'd pick CHA over WIS and forgo those spells, but you should
decide what you prefer. Generally, I prefer to keep my paladins a bit
weaker, and then really boost CHA which affects all their special
abilities. Lay on Hands can be very impressive at a high level with a
high CHA. All your saving throws will be imrpoved that much more as
well. You may not be able to dish out as much damage as a fighter
with higher STR, but that fighter's strength isn't doing him much good
when he gets paralyzed by a spell that your paladin can shrug off due
to his superior saving throws due to high CHA.
For comparison purposes, I start lvl 1 paladins off with the following
stats:
STR: 14
DEX: 10
CON: 14
WIS: 14
INT: 10
CHA: 15
Don't know if that comes out exactly right, but it's close. The
paladin really needs much more balanced stats than a fighter due to
the paladin special abilities. At lvl 20, the above character would
end up with STR of 16 and CHA of 18 before items.
Also, it just now strikes me that I don't know what game you're
talking about. I kind of assumed NWN but it could also be TOEE. If
the latter, WIS of 12 is OK as no spells are available above that.
You'll also have only 2 chances to boost your stats in TOEE, so pick
them carefully.
HTH
Warren