Abilities

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== Attributes (See also [[Ability score|Ability Score]]) ==

*[[Strength]] (STR) Strength measures muscles and physical power. [Affects Melee Attack, Melee Damage and Ranged Damage (if the ranged weapon is mighty), Encumberance weight]

*[[Dexterity]] (DEX) Dexterity measures agility, reflexes and balance. [Affects AC (if armor does not restrict), Reflex saving throws, Ranged Attack, Melee Attack with Weapon Finesse Feat, and many skills]

*[[Constitution]] (CON) Constitution represents health and stamina. [Affects Hit Points, Fortitude saving throws, and is used to determine endurance]

*[[Intelligence]] (INT) Intelligence determines how well your character learns and reasons. [Affects skill points (if it is a positive modifier), Arcane (Wizard) spells, and if your INT is too low (below 9), your character acts mentally challenged]

*[[Wisdom]] (WIS) Wisdom describes a willpower, common sense, perception and intuition. [Affects Will saving throws, Divine (Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Blackguard & Spirit Shaman) spells, DC for Favored Soul, and also affects other things such as a monk's AC bonus]

*[[Charisma]] (CHA) Charisma measures force of personality, persuasiveness, ability to lead, and physical attractiveness. [Affects many diplomatic skills (Persuade, etc) Arcane (Bard, Sorcerer) and Favored Soul spells, DC of Spirit Shaman and and also affects abilities such as turn undead]

== Ability Score Modifier Table ==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#000000;font-weight:bold;color:#FFFFFF"
|Ability
|Modifier
|colspan="9"|Bonus Spells per Day by Level
|- style="background-color:#000000;font-weight:bold;color:#FFFFFF"
|colspan="1"|
|colspan="1"|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|-
|1
|(-5)
|colspan="9"| -- Cant cast spells tied to this ability --
|-
|2-3
|(-4)
|colspan="9"| -- Cant cast spells tied to this ability --
|-
|4-5
|(-3)
|colspan="9"| -- Cant cast spells tied to this ability --
|-
|6-7
|(-2)
|colspan="9"| -- Cant cast spells tied to this ability --
|-
|8-9
|(-1)
|colspan="9"| -- Cant cast spells tied to this ability --
|-
|10-11
|(0)
|-
|12-13
|(+1)
|1
|-
|14-15
|(+2)
|1
|1
|-
|16-17
|(+3)
|1
|1
|1
|-
|18-19
|(+4)
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|20-21
|(+5)
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|22-23
|(+6)
|2
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|24-25
|(+7)
|2
|2
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|26-27
|(+8)
|2
|2
|2
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|28-29
|(+9)
|3
|2
|2
|2
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|}

== Character Creation Attribute Point Buy System ==

NWN2 uses the '''point buy''' system to determine [[ability score]]s during [[character creation]]. The system is based on points rather than random [[die roll|dice rolls]].

A [[character]] starts with an ability score of 8 in each of his six abilities, and then draws upon a pool of 32 points to raise these abilities. However, as an ability score is raised to exceptional levels, it becomes more expensive to raise further, as per the following chart:

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#000000;font-weight:bold;color:#FFFFFF"
|Base
|Cost
|Total Cost
|- style="background-color:#000000;font-weight:bold;color:#FFFFFF"
|8
|0
|0
|-
|9
|1
|1
|-
|10
|1
|2
|-
|11
|1
|3
|-
|12
|1
|4
|-
|13
|1
|5
|-
|14
|1
|6
|-
|15
|2
|8
|-
|16
|2
|10
|-
|17
|3
|13
|-
|18
|3
|16
|}

==Racial Ability Adjustments==
[[Race]]s that have modified ability scores are applied after the scores are initially allocated. This makes raising scores to exceptional levels costly for score penalties. As an example, [[moon elf|moon elves]] have a -2 to [[Constitution]], so where one would normally spend 10 points to increase that to 16, it would ultimately cost 16 points to start a moon elf with 16 points. On the other hand, ability bonuses, such as the moon elves' +2 to [[Dexterity]], would essentially require only spending 10 points to reach 18 dexterity.

In most cases, these ability score adjustments cancel each other out, resulting in no major bonus over a [[human]] or [[half-elf]]. A few subraces however, such as [[aasimar]] and [[drow]], have more bonuses than penalties and combined with other race features warrant an [[ECL]] adjustment. For example: the aasimar have +2 bonuses to both [[Wisdom]] and [[Charisma]] with no penalty to ability scores; as such, with their celestial resistances and skill bonuses, Aasimar have an ECL of +1.
[[Category:Character Attributes]]
[[Category:Character Creation]]

== Feat Ability Adjustments ==
Several Feats modify the base ability scores, while others enable the use of a different ability score for a certain purpose:
* Weapon Finesse - uses Dex for Melee Attack roles instead of Str
* Mind Over Body - uses Int for initial Hit Points bonus instead of Con
* Divine Grace - uses Cha for Ref, Fort, and Will saves as well as Dex, Con, and Wis
* Dark Blessing - uses Cha for Ref, Fort, and Will saves as well as Dex, Con, and Wis
* Combat Insight (epic) - uses Int for Melee Damage instead of Str
* Canny Defense (duelist, invisible blade) - uses Int for Armor Class bonus as well as Dex
* Insightful Strike (swashbuckler) - uses Int for Melee Damage as well as Str
* Zen archery - uses Wis for range attacks instead of Dex
* Steadfast Determination - uses Con for Will saves instead of Wis
* Monk AC bonus - uses Wis for Armor Class as well as Dex
[[Category:Game rules]]

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