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In a players stats it has 'reaction', what is this? is lower or higher better? how is it calculated for classes and does it affect the game play much.

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There are two things that have reaction in it, in both cases higher number is better. The first is the Reaction Adjustment - which comes from the character's Dexterity score, I have no idea what this actually does in the game. The second is Reaction - which comes from a combination of the character's Charisma score and the party's reputation, this influence the way people in the game react to your character. If you have a high modifier then the person you're talking to would more likely to be friendly to you - although such check are rarely used in the game.

Reaction Adjustment determines your penalties for dual-wielding in real D&D w/o proficiencies, but as BG2 uses proficiencies, I have no idea what purpose it serves in the game.