Armor class?

[sevensages]

Could someone please explain how this works. From what I have been told, the lower your armor class the better defended your character. Is this true or is it some other way?

[Tyler Durden]

Yes, the lower the better. A high dexterity, armor, certain magical items, and a few spells contribute to AC.

[sevensages]

Sweet, thank you, one last question if I may?

So, how do I raise my stats? I noticed as I went along and leveled up my str dex ext were not increasing?

I am really new to this dungeons and dragons type of stuff I know nothing

[Tyler Durden]

You have to find special books to raise it permanently, or drink potions, like a Potion of Frost Giant Strength to raise it temporarily.

And no worries. Happy to answer any questions you may have.

[sevensages]

Sweet, thank you. I just wish the game explained all this. The tutorial was nice enough to explain how magic works but not much else.

Also how many party members can I have max?

I hate that I run into people I might like but I want to keep who I have, for instance I came across a guy wanting helping killing wyverns or something but I couldn't take him into my party because I was full

[an ethereal llama statuette]

6, also some people turn on you if your alignment is off or they have built in betrayal story lines.

[sevensages]

Alright good to know. I have 6 now, to bad I can't have more, would have been nice

[sevensages]

One more thing if you could please. what in the world is THACO and what does it mean and do

[Dedaith]

Thac0 - To hit Armour Class 0
It's basicly the opposite of AC, it is used in your to-hit rolls in combat.

Example, Enemy has AC 0, you have a Thac0 of 20, this means you won't hit your target unless you roll a natural 20 (crit).

[sevensages]

Alright thank you. so if I understand that correctly, the higher my to thaco roll the higher the chance I will hit?

[ChevyNoel]

You want your thaco to be low, and you want the d20 roll to be high. If your thaco was 15 and you were attacking someone with -1 AC, you would have to roll 16 or higher on a d20 (15 or higher if you were only trying to hit AC 0). Basically, you subtract your d20 roll from your thaco to see if you hit the target AC.

[Ilt]

as far as parties go, the best way to see everything the game has to offer is to play through it 3 times. one time with an all good party, one time with all nuetral and one time with all evil

[sevensages]

Ah, cool thank you all for you answers. That should help me figure it all out hopefully

[Madolite]

I can't say how happy I was when they changed the D&D system (not this game, but the tabletop rulebooks) from that dreadful, incoherent THAC0 system. Talk about double negatives and hard-to-pronounce words, not to mention low armor being better than high armor ROFL.

[sevensages]

Originally posted by Malabyte:

I can't say how happy I was when they changed the D&D system (not this game, but the tabletop rulebooks) from that dreadful, incoherent THAC0 system. Talk about double negatives and hard-to-pronounce words, not to mention low armor being better than high armor ROFL.

Well here is to hoping any new games come with the new system then XD

[Tyler Durden]

Icewind Dale 2 used the 3.5 edition ruleset, and it was a lot easier, in my opinion.