Wizardry 7: character creation bonus point distribution
Nicholas Jong
I'm about to create a new party (I might rent a movie or two to watch
while I click through all the rejects) and I was wondering where to
assign the leftover bonus points for my new characters. Now, I know
that the primary statistics (strength, piety, speed, etc.) can
increase during level-ups, but do they ever increase above 18? If not,
would I be at a disadvantage putting all the extra bonus points in
one statistic, raising it to 18?
The reason I ask this is that my original party (which I eventually
abandoned) had an elven valkyrie who had 26 bonus points; she had a
dexterity of 18 and a speed of 16. I never saw her dexterity rise
above 18 through maybe eight levels.
Kevin Mulieri
Nicholas Jong <arch...@hwmark.com> writes:
While natural level changes will never raise them above 18, If your stats
are already at 18, the usage of ankhs on these stats will increase them up
to 20. The only exception is vitality(ie. ankh of youth), which after 18
will just lower your characters age by 1. Ankhs don't show up all thAT often
in the game accept when you meat Dame Ke-Li near the end.
Kevin Mulieri
Nicholas Jong
Kevin Mulieri wrote:
> Nicholas Jong <arch...@hwmark.com> writes:
> >I'm about to create a new party (I might rent a movie or two to watch
> >while I click through all the rejects) and I was wondering where to
> >assign the leftover bonus points for my new characters. Now, I know
> >that the primary statistics (strength, piety, speed, etc.) can
> >increase during level-ups, but do they ever increase above 18? If not,
> >would I be at a disadvantage putting all the extra bonus points in
> >one statistic, raising it to 18?
>
> are already at 18, the usage of ankhs on these stats will increase them up
> to 20. The only exception is vitality(ie. ankh of youth), which after 18
> will just lower your characters age by 1. Ankhs don't show up all thAT often
> in the game accept when you meat Dame Ke-Li near the end.
So does that mean I shouldn't raise any of my characters' stats to 18 during
character creation? In general, is it better to distribute the extra bonus
points relatively evenly or to build up one stat? Would a character "waste" a
stat increase that he or she was "supposed" to get during a level-up?
Thanks anyway for the help, though.
Robert Huston
>I'm about to create a new party (I might rent a movie or two to watch
>while I click through all the rejects) and I was wondering where to
>assign the leftover bonus points for my new characters. Now, I know
>that the primary statistics (strength, piety, speed, etc.) can
>increase during level-ups, but do they ever increase above 18? If not,
>would I be at a disadvantage putting all the extra bonus points in
>one statistic, raising it to 18?
>
>The reason I ask this is that my original party (which I eventually
>abandoned) had an elven valkyrie who had 26 bonus points; she had a
>dexterity of 18 and a speed of 16. I never saw her dexterity rise
>above 18 through maybe eight levels.
Your levels garnered from experience will stop at 18, but through the
use of ankhs and similar magic enhancements you can raise particular
primary charateristics above 18.
Regards,
Bob
John N. White
Nicholas Jong <arch...@hwmark.com> writes:
> I'm about to create a new party (I might rent a movie or two to watch
> while I click through all the rejects) and I was wondering where to
> assign the leftover bonus points for my new characters.
I always put them where they will help with the first profession change.
(Profession changes cause stats to drop to race/class minimums, but a
character that has had a number of profession changes will be *far*
more powerful in the end).
> Now, I know that the primary statistics (strength, piety, speed, etc.)
> can increase during level-ups, but do they ever increase above 18?
They increase to 18 naturally, but items can increase them to 20.
In Sky City you can buy items to increase most stats to 20.
(You cannot buy items to increase intelligence, though).
After switching to the final profession I try to get my characters up in
level to get the many advantages of a high level. Note that the experience
required to level grows exponentially at first, then goes linear at
about 600k/level.
A Monk or Ninja with high ninjutsu will have a *huge* armor class advantage
over any other class. Ninja are great front row fighters and few weapons
can improve on what they can do with their bare hands.
--
j...@vnet.net (John N. White)
Terrence Yee
I'm playing this game now but contrary to what the others have said re:
natural level increases beyond 18, my priest just got his piety raised
to 19 when he gained his last level. I do not, however, remember if he
also used some sort of magic item earlier that gave it a boost. If I
did, it's possible that the item also increased the 'natural' maximum
that gaining levels relates to.
Ty
Omar Echammari
Thus spake Nicholas Jong <arch...@hwmark.com>:
>I'm about to create a new party (I might rent a movie or two to watch
>while I click through all the rejects) and I was wondering where to
>assign the leftover bonus points for my new characters. Now, I know
>that the primary statistics (strength, piety, speed, etc.) can
>increase during level-ups, but do they ever increase above 18? If not,
>would I be at a disadvantage putting all the extra bonus points in
>one statistic, raising it to 18?
>The reason I ask this is that my original party (which I eventually
>abandoned) had an elven valkyrie who had 26 bonus points; she had a
>dexterity of 18 and a speed of 16. I never saw her dexterity rise
>above 18 through maybe eight levels.
Stats can be raised to 18 when gaining levels.
The max stat, however, is 20. 20 can only be reached by getting
certain bonuses like in the witches caves or in the secret school
or by invoking certain items' special powers.
Good luck.
Omar