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Primary Attributes
Attributes
A character's attributes determine his or her capabilities in various
areas. Their names and descriptions are:
Strength: bodily strength
Intelligence: memory, mental quickness, spellcasting, spell points
Dexterity: combat prowess, dodging, climbing
Constitution: endurance, hit points, bodily resistance to harm
Willpower: spellcasting, resistance to mind-altering magic
Charisma: wit, charm, social aptitude, how convincing you are
Perception: alertness, sensory acuity, pattern recognition
Size: how large your character is
For more information on an attribute, do 'help <attribute>'. You can
see your attributes by using 'show character', 'show attributes', or 'show
attribute <name>'.
In IC (in-character) situations, attributes are referred to in descriptive
terms rather than by numeric amounts. The full list of these descriptive
terms, in ascending order, is: incapacitated, handicapped, pitiful, very
feeble, feeble, very poor, poor, very inferior, inferior, unimpressive,
unremarkable, mediocre, average, decent, good, remarkable, high, very high,
excellent, exceptional, superb, superior, prodigious, incredible, amazing,
preternatural, and unearthly.
Your attributes increase as you gain more experience and advance in level.
At each new experience level, you receive five attribute points you can assign
to any of your attributes except size. The command 'increase <attribute>' is
used to do this; each time you use this command, one of your available points
is assigned to the attribute you designate.
However, you may not see your attribute score increase every time you do
this. This is because your rate of attribute increase gradually slows down,
based on two factors: how far your attribute has risen above the starting
value you chose for it during character creation, and how far it has risen
above the starting maximum for your race. This slow-down is very gradual, but
does become significant with time. To give you a general idea of what you can
expect, if your attribute started far below your racial maximum and you had
now raised it 50 points, without having yet reached the racial maximum, then
the next point you invested in it would be worth 9/10 of a point toward the
final attribute score. Roughly the same would be true if the attribute had
started at your racial maximum and you had now raised it 33 points; exceeding
your racial maximum has half the effect on progression that exceeding your
starting point does. If your attribute had started at your racial maximum
and you had now raised it by 100 points, the next point you invested would
be worth 7/10 of a point toward the final attribute score. The slowest your
attribute growth can ever become is each point invested being worth 1/10 of
a point toward the final attribute score.
While most attribute-altering effects in the game work on a temporary
basis, there are a few events that can permanently change your attributes.
In terms of the formula described above, permanent adjustments are applied
after your attribute development, and so do not affect the impact of your
development points.
You can see your current level of investment in each of your attributes,
and the amount of increase your next point invested will bring, with the
command 'show attribute development'.
Strength
Your strength is quite self-explanatory. Characters with high strength will hit more often and do more damage in combat. They will also be able to carry more and move more.
Dexterity
Dexterity controls your general quickness, agility, and motor control. A high dexterity will help you hit others more often and do more damage to them, while helping to avoid being hit yourself. It also affects many activities, such as moving stealthily, where motor skills are important.
Constitution
Your constitution is how tough and enduring your body is. People with a high constitution have better hit points and endurance than less durable types. It also affects your resistance to poisons and diseases, and other things related to your bodily integrity.
Intelligence
Intelligence reflects your memory capacity, quickness of mind, ability to work with abstractions, and other traits. People with high intelligence have more spell points and make better magicians; they are also better tacticians, helping them in combat. Intelligence also affects one's resistance to some types of magic, primarily mind-affecting spells, and is a large factor in one's learning rate.
Willpower
This is your character's strength of will. Players with high willpower will have both higher endurance and higher spell points. It is also the primary stat for resisting mind-affecting spells, and tends to be helpful at many assorted times in one's life.
Perception
Your perception is the acuity of your senses, your alertness, your ability to notice the right details and pick out the right patterns. It helps you find hidden things (and hidden people), stay on someone's trail whom you're chasing, and quickly assess and react to the situation in battle. As a component of your ability to assimilate your experiences, it helps you learn more quickly. It is also a small factor in your spell point capacity.
Charisma
Charisma is your character's wit, charm, personal appeal and presence, and general social aptitude. This may help one get better prices in shops, convince people to do things, and so on. Note that charisma has nothing to do with how good-looking your character is; you determine that when you use the 'describe' command.
Size
Your size is a representation of how large you are. Different races are shaped differently, some being thinner or bulkier; a size 35 human is larger than a size 35 elf. The character's general bulk influences how many hit points he has, how much he may carry, and how easy it is to hit him; the character's height influences where he will tend to land blows in combat, with taller characters striking higher and shorter ones lower. See also: dimin
