Good stats for a Paladin

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are these good stats for a paladin

str.17
dex.17
con.17
int.15
wis.16
char.18

 

They are quite playable as a paladin - or almost any other class for that matter.

 

How do you get such hi stats? You must have had a great roll. Is this with or without the tomes? These stats are great for everyone.

A paladin hero normally has Good strength, average Dexterity, Constitution and Intelligence, High Wisdom and Charisma.

 

You rolled 100?!? Ymust be cheating, because this not possible any other way.

If I were you I would raise str, dex, and con by one. Take them of int, because you don't really need it. Before everybody starts saying you'll need it with mind flayers, I'll say that dexterity is much more important with mind flayers. If you have an AC-8 or something like that, they (almost) never hit you.

EDIT: Woops, this isn't the BG2 forum, forget what I said about the mind flayers, but still raise you str, dex and con by one and tkae it from you int.

[This message has been edited by Silverblade (edited October 20, 2001).]

 

Maybe it's possible to reach these stats with tomes, however they are indeed rather high. The paladin has no bad stat, and one bad stats can be great for roleplaying.

 

I've never thrown over 85 myself...

 

I can't believe you rolled a 100! I still can't get past a 96. I agree on raising your 17's, what do you need such high int for your not a wizard.

 

Actually am i cheating well no im not i was as surprised as you guys plus i thought about it ahead of time you see.

But you see some of them were higher so i remembered about the tombs so i could -1 point from some of my stats which i did and I rembered about how in SOA at the end the paladin gets plus stats at the end i forgot whichs ones but i -1 from those two and that actually gave me more to free up so thats how i got it .
Also at the end in the hells part of SOA i will lose 1 point of dex and before the hells in a dream i will lose one of my choice so it kinda evens out .Hehe but my dex will be 18 when i lose one point so i dont care.

 

You get +1 wis and +1 cha at the end of SOA, and its still better to have 18's and go to 19's with the tomes!

[This message has been edited by sorvo (edited October 20, 2001).]

 

yah i know but i rolled a 100! i never did that before and besides i dont want my paladin to be perfect thats to boring .
(ever heard the saying a weakness is a strength ?)

 

You could also lower Intelligence by one and increase strength by 1. For Strength is important and with tomes ou can then reach a Strength of 19. And cause of the Specialized Strength of 18, the difference between Str 18 or 19 is much bigger then the difference between 17 and 18.

 

Nah im happy with my character the way he is
but thanks for the suggestions.

 

Your welcome. Enjoy the game, hae fun!

 

The stats are pretty good, you'll enjoy playing this char, I'm sure - some comments though:

str.17 --> maybe 18/xx, I'd take 1 int point
dex.17 --> ok
con.17 --> maybe 18, I'd take 1 chr point
int.15 --> generally ok
wis.16 --> perfect, considering the tomes for max useful wis for good saving throws (high wis doesn't improve the number of spells a pally can cast)
char.18 --> maybe too high, you'll get 1 tome, rasising your chr to 18 - with algernon's cloak you can reach chr-20, the max useful for shopping discount However, roleplaying, a pally will never allow this item getting stolen, but you'll get another nymph cloak from the hair you get for rescueing a nymph in Baldur's Gate

[This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited October 25, 2001).]

 

The reason why those stats total 100 is this: take a look at the minimum requirements for a Paladin, 17cha 13wis, etc. Now if you roll below that when generating the character, the games ups those stats to their minimum. (Like if you rolled a 4 instead of a 17 for cha then, bingo - you have and extra 13 points for free.)

 

That's right, Paladins can't have low Charisma and Wisdom and some other stats can also be not too low, so when you roll lower they are already set higher. With paladins you have the best roll, but this is also necessary for they need the best stats (together with multiclassed characters)