Tomes that add +1

[SteveTheMad]

Evening,

Come across 2 so far Constitution, gave it to Jehaira, so she now get 13 hp per level, thought of giving her +! Charisma, as shes a Druid with 15, thought if I gave her 16, she would get more spell slots, as its a Druids primary stat, but did nothing .. is there any chars that are worth giving these +1 stat books to, that actually gain something? ( when i find the rest).. my chars stats are all even numbers so will not gain anything.. or just east them all on my char??

Thanks Steve.

[mike_hanna211]

Depends on your Bhaalspawn's class. I wouldn't bother giving the Tome of Understanding (+1 WIS) or Tome of Clear Thought (+1 INT) to a Fighter. And, I wouldn't bother giving the Manual of Gainful Exercise to a Mage. Most players, if not all, will benefit from the CON (unless you're at 16 CON and can't gain more than +2 hp/level) and DEX tomes. CHA tome I usually use regardless, but is more important if you have a Paladin.

Keep in mind if you're a multi-class character or if you plan on dual classing a human character. You may need those books then.

Personally, when if I'm playing a Fighter (or subclass), I give the INT tome to Dynaheir (bringing her to 18) and the WIS tome to Jaheira (to get bonus spells).

[wendigo211]

Originally posted by SteveTheMad:

Evening,

Come across 2 so far Constitution, gave it to Jehaira, so she now get 13 hp per level, thought of giving her +! Charisma, as shes a Druid with 15, thought if I gave her 16, she would get more spell slots, as its a Druids primary stat, but did nothing .. is there any chars that are worth giving these +1 stat books to, that actually gain something? ( when i find the rest).. my chars stats are all even numbers so will not gain anything.. or just east them all on my char??

Thanks Steve.

If you're planning to play through BG2 you should give all the tomes to your main character, since the changes won't carry over to your companions and BG2 is longer.

Wisdom is the casting stat for Druids in all editions of D&D. Like Paladins and Bards, charisma does nothing for Druids in 2nd ed. In BG a high charisma will lower the prices you have to pay in stores and there are a couple of quests where it improves your reward (you can get a +1 dagger in Candlekeep!). Anecdotally, it lowers the risk of party members fighting with each other (assuming you have party members that will fight with each other).

If you're playing through Seige of Dragonspear, and you don't need it yourself, you can use the +INT tome on Safana to turn her into an ersatz Imoen (I.e. a Thief/Mage). Since your other options for a good-aligned Mage are Dynaheir and Neera, it might be worth it.

[SteveTheMad]

I use Neera as my back up Mage, so far other than killing herself, Summoning a demon, losing gold and freezing 2/3 of the group, shes hot been that much of a pain :)

Thanks for reading and advice.