Rolling stats question.

[Gingerbeer]

It took me about 5 hours but I got a 98 with a 18 (90) strength for my paladin inquisitor.
Does it get much better then this or should I quit while I'm ahead?

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Overhead. If you insist on going that high with your starting attributes, Ctrl+8 with console enabled to get 18/00 and all 18s. Or EEKeeper.

Generally, the BG/IWD games are made to be played with much lower, more random stats - depending on difficulty and dual-classing preferences, of course. If it's single-class characters and average difficulty, no need to spend much time on waiting for high rolls. There are enough potions, items and spells to boost characters.

[Knight Silver]

I've played with 10's in all stats and you can get surprisingly far in this game, and I'm pretty confident that you can beat it with any class you want.

[Gingerbeer]

But as far are stats rolled normally without console commands or anything special my roll is pretty much as good as I can expect correct?

[wendigo211]

Originally posted by Gingerbeer:

But as far are stats rolled normally without console commands or anything special my roll is pretty much as good as I can expect correct?

The most important thing is that you have an 18 STR, DEX and CON, and at least >50 exceptional strength for the +2 to hit bonus. So for a paladin who also has to have a minimum WIS of 13 and CHA of 17, that means a total roll of 94 (if you don't want an INT penalty) and an exceptional strength >50. You're well beyond that.

You'll find stat books in the game that can permanently raise each attribute by 1. Every stat has one except for WIS, which has 3 for some reason. You get the STR one fairly late but, assuming you're planing to play through BG2 (and possibly SoD), you'll prefer a higher total roll to a lower one with a 100 exceptional strength.

[Gingerbeer]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Originally posted by Gingerbeer:

But as far are stats rolled normally without console commands or anything special my roll is pretty much as good as I can expect correct?

The most important thing is that you have an 18 STR, DEX and CON, and at least >50 exceptional strength for the +2 to hit bonus. So for a paladin who also has to have a minimum WIS of 13 and CHA of 17, that means a total roll of 94 (if you don't want an INT penalty) and an exceptional strength >50. You're well beyond that.

You'll find stat books in the game that can permanently raise each attribute by 1. Every stat has one except for WIS, which has 3 for some reason. You get the STR one fairly late, but assuming you're planing to play through BG2 (and possibly SoD), you'll prefer a higher total roll to a lower one with a 100 exceptional strength.

I understand and thank you I'm going to go with this roll

Str: 18(90).
Dex: 18.
Con: 18.
Int: 12.
Wis: 14.
Cha: 18.

[FhqwhTODD]

A paladin is literally the only Way I'd ever raise Charisma above 12 or whatever the minimum is in these games.

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it's actually very fun thing to do while listening to music, audio books or podcasts... but 5 hours for a 98 on a paladin is... not very lucky.

[Gustuv Wynd]

I put together a little script that auto rolled for me and put it going on a machine to see just how high I could get over night as an experiment. I wanted to see what a good roll was if you put the time in and then just EE keeper to that...I then happened to forget about it and it ran for almost a month.

I put it rolling a paladin and only managed to get a 98 in all that time. Heh, so yeah...I'd take that roll.

Best I ever got was a 101...on an elven archer so a complete waste. I know I only got that roll from the racial and class minimums causing rerolls, but still would be nice to get that on multiclass or future dual class character.

Though I typically just EE keeper myself with what stats I need. heh I just roll in game for exceptional strength. that 101 I mentioned was only like 10 rolls in when I got it.

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Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:

I put together a little script that auto rolled for me and put it going on a machine to see just how high I could get over night as an experiment. I wanted to see what a good roll was if you put the time in and then just EE keeper to that...I then happened to forget about it and it ran for almost a month.

I put it rolling a paladin and only managed to get a 98 in all that time. Heh, so yeah...I'd take that roll.

Best I ever got was a 101...on an elven archer so a complete waste. I know I only got that roll from the racial and class minimums causing rerolls, but still would be nice to get that on multiclass or future dual class character.

Though I typically just EE keeper myself with what stats I need. heh I just roll in game for exceptional strength. that 101 I mentioned was only like 10 rolls in when I got it.

interesting.

my highest ever on a ranger was 99. i rolled that in around 2 hours. i never managed to roll higher than 96 on a paladin though (not that i create them very often), but usually it takes less than 30 minutes to get at least 93. are you sure your script ran as intended? although, i wouldn't be surprised if a thief or a mage took that long to get 101...

[MidnaFeetEnjoyer]

You can roll as long as you want. It really doesn't matter much after 95 unless you're a cleric/mage or something. But a paladin is very easy to roll because of his minimal stats requirements. Try rolling a fighter, it took me a lot of time and many tries to get 98 just /09 just once, but I got many 97-98's when rolling speci. mages. Just don't take it too seriously, it's just a fun gambling time killer that has as much meaning as you give it playing LEGIT. At the end of the day anyone can just take an EE editor and make whatever stats they want, but congradulations on hitting 98 with Paladin at least. Yes can get better up to 108 but it's incredibly hard

[Gustuv Wynd]

Originally posted by ////:

Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:

I put together a little script that auto rolled for me and put it going on a machine to see just how high I could get over night as an experiment. I wanted to see what a good roll was if you put the time in and then just EE keeper to that...I then happened to forget about it and it ran for almost a month.

I put it rolling a paladin and only managed to get a 98 in all that time. Heh, so yeah...I'd take that roll.

Best I ever got was a 101...on an elven archer so a complete waste. I know I only got that roll from the racial and class minimums causing rerolls, but still would be nice to get that on multiclass or future dual class character.

Though I typically just EE keeper myself with what stats I need. heh I just roll in game for exceptional strength. that 101 I mentioned was only like 10 rolls in when I got it.

interesting.

my highest ever on a ranger was 99. i rolled that in around 2 hours. i never managed to roll higher than 96 on a paladin though (not that i create them very often), but usually it takes less than 30 minutes to get at least 93. are you sure your script ran as intended? although, i wouldn't be surprised if a thief or a mage took that long to get 101...

pretty sure...just clicked the button and pulled the total from the window. Rolled about 3 or 4 times per second.

[red255]

you'll be fine, though you shouldn't have spent 5 hours rolling stats. thats like 60 times longer than you should have spent

[Gustuv Wynd]

Forgot I actually got a screen shot of that archer.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1302699721

[guntoting_lawbreaker]

I got a 100 on a Paladin in less than five minutes a couple of months ago, just rolling regular without an auto roller. I was literally stunned. My whole body froze and I couldn't believe my eyes. I'm just so glad I didn't do what I usually do and hit the button again before it registers.

I will never delete that Paladin. Been playing this game for what like 20 years? And never even came close to that before. I don't even think I had ever seen a 98. Unfortunately his strength isn't exceptional but after you get the tome that no longer matters anyway. I just wish I could get back the two points I put in long swords and instead give it to warhammers, but it is what it is.

[Sil - LooTKick ♪♫]

I had tried this when i create my char in the past but don't know if it still works with yesterday update. https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/10937/utility-ee-autoroller/p15