Dexterity question

[nub]

What does increasing Dex do except increasing the range attack?

[IRMcG]

Increases armour class up until the limit of whatever armour you're wearing, and better DEX saves vs damage from various means of course. Also if your DEX is higher than STR, it uses that modifier for weapons marked as "Finesse".

[Wokelander]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/introduction

[Maraxus]

Gives bonus to initiative too, quite the op stat.

[kbiz]

DEX is the most important attribute for all classes. It increases your ranged weapon hit chance and damage, finesse weapon hit chance and damage, armor class, initiative, all related skills, and DEX saving throws.

[Wokelander]

Originally posted by kbiz:

DEX is the most important attribute for all classes. It increases your ranged weapon hit chance and damage, finesse weapon hit chance and damage, armor class, initiative, all related skills, and DEX saving throws.

Maybe a bit of a stretch but it's definitely a good attribute

[Warlock]

it's arguably the most important secondary attribute for all classes, because AC is life. But then so is Con to a point. Since HP can be more easily buffed in other ways if desired (Toughness), I'd still lean towards Dex as the most important secondary attribute - or primary if playing the Rouge-types.

depends on the angle since with some feats and abilities, I think you might see ways Charisma can end up impacting AC, so it's not always Dex. Gaining (or reducing) AC in 5E is harder than in earlier D&D's. Damage ranges tend higher. Player HP is about the same as it was in AD&D though, so that's interesting. That makes more an argument for CON being the most important secondary attribute (for survival)

[Maraxus]

That's why I think the 18 dex gloves are some of the most useful items in the game. xD

[Wokelander]

Originally posted by Maraxus:

That's why I think the 18 dex gloves are some of the most useful items in the game. xD

And if you wanna minmax it, get them and the circlet of intelligence and respec your Dex and Int to dumpstats and use the points for your other stats

[Maraxus]

Originally posted by Wokelander:

Originally posted by Maraxus:

That's why I think the 18 dex gloves are some of the most useful items in the game. xD

And if you wanna minmax it, get them and the circlet of intelligence and respec your Dex and Int to dumpstats and use the points for your other stats

That's true, get your gigachad muscle mage this way. xD

[DontMisunderstand]

Weapons with the Finesse property, Initiative, and Armor Class are all affected by DEX.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by Wokelander:

Originally posted by Maraxus:

That's why I think the 18 dex gloves are some of the most useful items in the game. xD

And if you wanna minmax it, get them and the circlet of intelligence and respec your Dex and Int to dumpstats and use the points for your other stats

Like you haven't done it. What's the point of having a 20 STR when you're always juiced on Elixirs of Cloud Giant Strength? That's a lot of free points to distribute.

[jonnin]

didn't see these but:
- dex affects how fast you go in combat (first to take a turn if higher, usually)
- your dex skills, like slight of hand and stealth
- dex saving throws, like trying to walk on grease/ice
- spell saving throws, some use dex to avoid partial damage

[id795078477]

Originally posted by kbiz:

Originally posted by Wokelander:

And if you wanna minmax it, get them and the circlet of intelligence and respec your Dex and Int to dumpstats and use the points for your other stats

Like you haven't done it. What's the point of having a 20 STR when you're always juiced on Elixirs of Cloud Giant Strength? That's a lot of free points to distribute.

That could be said about a LOT of stuff in this game.

.. STR is kind of a joke because giant str elixir
.. DEX is kind of a joke because gauntlets + vigilance elixir
.. CON is kind of a joke because amulet (end game) or armor +2 (mid game)
.. INT is kind of a joke because the circlet
.. WIS is kind of a joke unless you're a WIS-caster

the "least joke" would probably be CHA because there are no easy ways to circumvent it coupled with the fact it is beneficial to many classes like casters + paladins (and alike). Still, there are also a lot of classes who don't care like fighters.

considering the insane abundance of stuff, you can probably max out 2 stats, make everything else a dump and then use them elixirs + "set to" items.

[Wokelander]

Originally posted by kbiz:

Originally posted by Wokelander:

And if you wanna minmax it, get them and the circlet of intelligence and respec your Dex and Int to dumpstats and use the points for your other stats

Like you haven't done it. What's the point of having a 20 STR when you're always juiced on Elixirs of Cloud Giant Strength? That's a lot of free points to distribute.

My current char is really suboptimal actually, base STR and DEX of 16 even though I have the DEX 18 gloves and loads of STR potions. I might bother respeccing if fights become challenging at some point but so far it's not hard enough to bother

[Steffan]

In general characters who are not proficient with medium armor rely heavily on Dex.

For those who can wear heavier armor, dex is not that important. Just make sure you take the Alert feat. There is also an item that boosts Dex in Act 2 (sold by the merchant in the Githiyanki creche .

If you need to go ranged with a strength based character, you can get the returning pike from the merchant in the Goblin Camp in Act 1