Southpaw wrote:Under what circumstances is it a good idea to get Dex instead of Str? For this we can ignore primary casters since you'll want Int 95% of the time anyways. Other than the bonuses to EV, what benefits do Dex offer over Str? I recall in an earlier version weapons had something along the lines of "it's better for the strong/dexterous" in their descriptions but that has since been removed, does that mechanic still exist?
I don't know whether this is still true, but weapons included a number between 0 and 10 which described which of Str and Dex controlled the accuracy and damage output more (the higher, the more biased towards Str - e.g. short blades were along 2-4, while giant spiked club was 9). Unarmed Combat was (IIRC) 4. This would mean that EV fighters (doubly so if using short blades or unarmed) would probably benefit more from Dex than from Str. Obviously there are other considerations, mostly carrying capacity and strength needed for the armour.
Of course, if strength weight was removed, then all of this is moot.
One prime example of a combo that should IMHO always should go for Dex is Spriggan Berserker. Their starting Str is 13, good enough, they mostly use SBl (Dex-biased), they can not use most armour and larger weapons, and most importantly, they need all the EV they can get. At least that's how I won one
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