Ability score cap?

Yuusuke · Post by **Yuusuke** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 10:44 am

Is there an ability score cap in NWN? I've noticed that my fighter's strength should be at 29, but it's at 28. When I switched my +5 strength belt for a +4 strength belt, it stayed at 28 so it's not just a miscalculation on my part.

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 3:11 pm

no, you can have more than 28 strength, my barbarian will have around 40 str by level 20.

Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 3:43 pm

My halfling r/r stopped at dex 29. Since halflings have a racial bonus on dex I think 28 could be the limit.

Nygma · Post by **Nygma** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 4:54 pm

While playing around with a hex editor I found that I could hack the strength to over 200 and get all the to hit and damage bonuses, but my half-orc paladin would then have a carrying capacity of 0 lbs.

The carrying capacity increased as the strength increased up to 47 (49 after the racial bonus, or 0x2f), but anything over that it began decreasing. So there was some kind of limitation there, but not sure how it applies to dex....

Sirius_Sam · Post by **Sirius_Sam** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 5:05 pm

Dunno if this helps your calculations or not, but bonuses from items cap at +10 (eg. a belt +5, gloves +2, amulet +4 = +10...not +11 to the primary stat).

S_S

Yuusuke · Post by **Yuusuke** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 8:03 pm

Yeah, I finally realized that all abilities are capped at +10 from items. That's cool I guess. Thanks anyway.

Bloodmist · Post by **Bloodmist** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 12:38 pm

Originally posted by Phantom Lord
My halfling r/r stopped at dex 29. Since halflings have a racial bonus on dex I think 28 could be the limit.

All racial bonuses in the 3rd edition rules are +2/-2.