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Your character's basic '''stats''' are [[Strength]] (Str),  [[Intelligence]] (Int) and [[Dexterity]] (Dex). These are determined by your [[species]] and [[background]] and grow as you gain [[experience]], [[equipment]], [[intrinsic]] abilities, and [[mutations]]. They may be damaged by [[disease]] or monster abilities, and if one of them reaches 0, you will suffer some [[Stat zero|penalties]].
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Your character's basic '''stats''' (or '''attributes''') are [[Strength]] (Str),  [[Intelligence]] (Int) and [[Dexterity]] (Dex). These are determined by your [[species]] and [[background]], grow as you gain experience. They can be changed by equipment, abilities, and [[mutation]]s. They may be damaged by monster abilities; if any stat is reduced to 0 or below, you will suffer [[Stat zero|severe penalties]].
  
The three defensive stats are your [[Armour class]] (AC), your chance of blocking with a shield ([[SH]]) and your chance of dodging an attack ([[Evasion]] or EV).
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The three defensive stats are your [[armour class]] (AC), your [[evasion]] (EV), and your blocking ability ([[SH]]). Your character also has a limited reserve of [[hit points]] (HP) and [[magic points]] (Magic or MP).
 
 
Your character also has a limited reserve of [[Hit points|hit points]] (HP) and [[Magic points|mana]] (Magic or MP).
 
  
 
==Starting Stats==
 
==Starting Stats==
Your '''starting stats''' are determined by two things: your [[species]] and your [[class]]. While they do not by any means define your character, it is generally easier to build your character in a way that is compatible with your stats.
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Each of your '''starting stats''' is the sum of a contribution from your [[species]] and a contribution from your [[background]]. While they do not by any means define your character, it is easier to build your character in a way that is compatible with your stats.
 
 
Each starting stat is equal to 2 + your species contribution + your class contribution.
 
  
===Species contributions===
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===Species Contributions===
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Not all species have the same stat total; [[Demigod]]s have the highest stats, [[Gnoll]]s have the lowest.
  
Note that not all races are created equal: Some have higher total stats than others, with [[High Elves]] and [[Demigod]]s having the highest, and [[Ghoul]]s having the lowest.  The "gain" column describes how the race gains stats as they level up: a letter indicates the stat beginning with that letter can be chosen, and the number before the colon indicates the frequency of stat gains. So a Demigod, who would gain one Str, Int, or Dex every 2 levels, is represented by 2:SID
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The "gain" column describes how the race automatically gains stats as they level up: a letter indicates the stat beginning with that letter can be chosen, and the number before the colon indicates the frequency of stat gains. So a Human, who would gain one Str, Int, or Dex every 4 levels, is represented by 4:SID. See [[#Gaining Attributes|Gaining Attributes]] below for further details.
  
 
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! scope="col" | Gain
 
! scope="col" | Gain
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Centaur
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Armataur
 +
||13
 
||8
 
||8
 
||5
 
||5
||2
+
||26
||15
+
||4:SID
||4:SD
 
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Deep Dwarf
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Barachi
 
||9
 
||9
||6
+
||8
||6
+
||7
||21
+
||24
||4:SI
+
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Deep Elf
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Deep Elf
||3
+
||5
 +
||12
 
||10
 
||10
||8
+
||27
||21
 
 
||4:I
 
||4:I
 
|-
 
|-
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||9
 
||9
 
||28
 
||28
||2:SID
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||''Special*''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Demonspawn
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Demonspawn
||6
+
||8
 +
||8
 +
||8
 +
||24
 +
||4:SID
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Djinni
 
||7
 
||7
||6
+
||9
||19
+
||8
||4:SID
+
||24
 +
||4:ID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Draconian
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Draconian
 +
||10
 
||8
 
||8
 
||6
 
||6
||4
+
||24
||18
 
 
||4:SID
 
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Felid
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Felid
||2
+
||4
 +
||11
 +
||11
 +
||26
 +
||4:ID
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Formicid
 +
||12
 
||7
 
||7
 
||9
 
||9
||18
+
||28
||4:ID
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||4:SI
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Gargoyle
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Gargoyle
||9
+
||11
||6
+
||8
||3
+
||5
||18
+
||24
 
||4:SI
 
||4:SI
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Ghoul
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Ghoul
||9
+
||11
||1
+
||7
||2
+
||4
||12
+
||22
 
||5:S
 
||5:S
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Halfling
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Gnoll
||3
+
||7
||6
+
||7
||9
+
||7
||18
+
||21
||5:D
+
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>High Elf
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hill Orc
||5
+
||10
||9
 
 
||8
 
||8
||22
+
||6
||3:ID
+
||24
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hill Orc
 
||9
 
||3
 
||4
 
||16
 
 
||5:S
 
||5:S
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Human
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Human
||6
+
||8
||6
+
||8
||6
+
||8
||18
+
||24
 
||4:SID
 
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Kobold
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Kobold
 
||5
 
||5
||4
+
||9
||8
+
||10
||17
+
||24
||5:SD
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||5:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Merfolk
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Merfolk
||6
+
||8
||5
 
 
||7
 
||7
||18
+
||9
 +
||24
 
||5:SID
 
||5:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Minotaur
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Minotaur
||10
+
||12
||3
+
||5
||3
+
||5
||16
+
||22
 
||4:SD
 
||4:SD
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Mummy
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Mummy
||9
+
||11
||5
+
||7
||5
+
||7
||19
+
||25
||''none''
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||5:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Naga
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Naga
 +
||10
 
||8
 
||8
 
||6
 
||6
||4
+
||24
||18
 
 
||4:SID
 
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Octopode
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Octopode
||5
+
||7
||8
+
||10
||5
+
||7
||18
+
||24
 
||5:SID
 
||5:SID
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Ogre
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Oni
||10
+
||11
||5
+
||9
||3
+
||4
||18
+
||24
 
||3:S
 
||3:S
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Spriggan
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Spriggan
||2
+
||4
||7
 
 
||9
 
||9
||18
+
||10
 +
||23
 
||5:ID
 
||5:ID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Tengu
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Tengu
||6
+
||8
||6
+
||8
||7
+
||9
||19
+
||25
 
||4:SID
 
||4:SID
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Troll
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Troll
||13
+
||15
||2
+
||4
||3
+
||5
||18
+
||24
 
||3:S
 
||3:S
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Vampire
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Vampire
||5
+
||7
 +
||10
 +
||9
 +
||26
 +
||5:ID
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Vine Stalker
 +
||10
 
||8
 
||8
||7
+
||9
||20
+
||27
||''none''
+
||4:SD
 
|-
 
|-
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! Average !! 8.92 !! 8.19 !! 7.42 !! 24.1 !!
 
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|}
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<nowiki>* </nowiki>Demigods do not gain stats randomly. See [[#Gaining Attributes|Gaining Attributes]].
  
===Class contribution===
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===Background Contributions===
 
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Your background also contributes to your starting stats, although to a lesser degree than your species. Unlike with species, the sum of the starting stats is the same across all backgrounds (12).
Your class also contributes to your starting stats, although to a lesser degree than your race. Unlike with race, the sum of the starting stats is the same across all classes: it always totals to 12.
 
  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:75%" border=1
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:75%" border=1
! scope="col" | Class
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! scope="col" | Background
 
! scope="col" | [[Strength]]
 
! scope="col" | [[Strength]]
 
! scope="col" | [[Intelligence]]
 
! scope="col" | [[Intelligence]]
 
! scope="col" | [[Dexterity]]
 
! scope="col" | [[Dexterity]]
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Abyssal Knight
 
||4
 
||4
 
||4
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Air Elementalist
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Air Elementalist
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||5
 
||5
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Arcane Marksman
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Alchemist
||3
+
||0
 +
||7
 
||5
 
||5
||4
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Artificer
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Artificer
 +
||4
 
||3
 
||3
||4
 
 
||5
 
||5
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Assassin
 
||3
 
||3
 
||6
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Berserker
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Berserker
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||-1
 
||-1
 
||4
 
||4
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Brigand
 +
||3
 +
||3
 +
||6
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Chaos Knight
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Chaos Knight
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||4
 
||4
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Conjurer
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Cinder Acolyte
 +
||6
 +
||6
 
||0
 
||0
||7
 
||5
 
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Death Knight
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Conjurer
||5
+
||-1
 +
||10
 
||3
 
||3
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Delver
 
||4
 
||4
 +
||2
 +
||6
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Earth Elementalist
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Earth Elementalist
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|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Gladiator
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Gladiator
||7
+
||6
 
||0
 
||0
||5
+
||6
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Healer
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hedge Wizard
||4
+
||2
||4
+
||6
 
||4
 
||4
 +
|-
 +
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hexslinger
 +
||0
 +
||5
 +
||7
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hunter
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Hunter
||4
 
 
||3
 
||3
||5
+
||1
 +
||8
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Ice Elementalist
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Ice Elementalist
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||5
 
||5
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Skald
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Reaver
 
||4
 
||4
||4
 
||4
 
|-
 
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Summoner
 
||0
 
||7
 
 
||5
 
||5
 +
||3
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Transmuter
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Shapeshifter
 +
||6
 
||2
 
||2
||5
+
||4
||5
 
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Venom Mage
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|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Summoner
 
||0
 
||0
 
||7
 
||7
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||4
 
||4
 
|-
 
|-
|<span style="display:none;">!a</span>Wizard
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! Average !! 2.67 !! 4.54 !! 4.79
||-1
 
||10
 
||3
 
|-
 
 
|}
 
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>A wanderer's starting stats are random, but will also total 12. However, if a stat is greater than 17, it is 50% less likely to be increased.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>A wanderer's starting stats are random, weighted to benefit items received, but will also total 12. However, if a stat is greater than 17, it is less likely to be increased.
  
Your initial Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity cannot be less than 3. In the case where a class/race combo causes a value to be less than three, it is increased and another decreased until equal to 3. Currently, this is only ever relevant to [[ghoul]] [[berserker]]s and possibly ghoul wanderers.
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Your initial strength, intelligence and dexterity cannot be less than 3. In any case where a species-background combo causes a value to be less than 3, it is increased and random other stat decreased until it reaches 3.  
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125 is the absolute maximum value for strength, dexterity, and intelligence. These ability scores can never go above 125. The minimum value for stats is -128.
  
72 is the absolute maximum value for [[Strength]], [[Dexterity]], and [[Intelligence]]. Theses ability scores can never go above 72, regardless of racial bonuses, equipment, mutations, or any other bonuses.
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===Gaining Attributes===
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Characters will increase attributes naturally as they level, with their race determining which attributes they gain and how often they gain them. Additionally, they get to increase an attribute of their choice by two every six levels, starting at level 3.
  
==Gaining attributes==
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Demigods gain a choice of 4 stat points every three levels, but they do not gain any stats randomly from leveling.
Characters get to increase an attribute of their choice every three levels; in addition, there is a level-based increase based on race.
 
 
 
*[[Centaur]]s gain Dex or Str every 4 levels.
 
*[[Deep Dwarf|Deep Dwarves]] gain Str or Int randomly every 4 levels.
 
*[[Deep Elf|Deep Elves]] gain Int every 4 levels.
 
*[[Demigod]]s gain a random stat every 2 levels.
 
*[[Demonspawn]]s gain a random stat every 4 levels.
 
*[[Draconian]]s gain a random stat every 4 levels.
 
*[[Ghoul]]s gain Str every 5 levels.
 
*[[Felid]]s gain Dex or Int every 5 levels.
 
*[[Gargoyle]]s gain Str or Int randomly every 4 levels.
 
*[[Halfling]]s gain Dex every 5 levels.
 
*[[High Elf|High Elves]] gain either Int or Dex randomly every 3 levels.
 
*[[Hill Orc]]s gain Str every 5 levels.
 
*[[Human]]s gain a randomly chosen stat every 4 levels.
 
*[[Kobold]]s gain Dex or Str every 5 levels.
 
*[[Merfolk]] gain a random stat every 5 levels.
 
*[[Minotaur]]s gain Dex or Str every 4 levels.
 
*[[Mummy|Mummies]] do not gain any extra stats.
 
*[[Naga]]s gain a random stat every 4 levels.
 
*[[Ogre]]s gain Str every 3 levels.
 
*[[Octopode]]s gain a randomly chosen stat every 5 levels.
 
*[[Spriggan]]s gain Int or Dex every 5 levels.
 
*[[Tengu]] gain a random stat every 4 levels.
 
*[[Troll]]s gain Str every 3 levels starting at level 3.
 
*[[Vampire]]s do not gain any extra stats.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The extra 2 that all characters get to all their stats is a holdover from when stats were randomized: previously there were eight stat points that would be allocated randomly, with a slight tendency to raise lower stats in preference to higher ones; the remaining two were added to the class stat points, which used to total 10 instead of 12.
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*Prior to [[0.28]], manual attribute gain was +1 stat per 3 levels.
 
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*In [[0.17]], the stat cap for [[strength]], [[intelligence]], and [[dexterity]] was increased from 72 to 125.
Additionally, Wanderers' stats used to total only 6, making the class considerably more difficult. Artificers' totaled 9, although that difference was not too significant. As for races, numerous small changes have been made over the years, but one of the more significant ones is to Mummies: they have gone from having some of the worst starting stats (7/3/3, or 13 total) to being among the higher-stat races.
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*Stats used to be randomized: there were eight stat points that would be allocated randomly, with a slight tendency to raise lower stats in preference to higher ones, but each species contribution was 2 points lower and the class contributions were 2 points lower in total, meaning the total number of stat points was unchanged.
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**Additionally, Wanderers' stats used to total only 6, making the class considerably more difficult. Artificers' totaled 9, although that difference was less significant. As for species, numerous small changes have been made over the years, but one of the more significant ones is to Mummies: they have gone from having some of the worst starting stats (7/3/3, or 13 total) to being among the higher-stat races (though still extremely difficult to play).
  
[[Category:Stats]] [[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Stats]]
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Latest revision as of 22:51, 21 February 2024

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Your character's basic stats (or attributes) are Strength (Str), Intelligence (Int) and Dexterity (Dex). These are determined by your species and background, grow as you gain experience. They can be changed by equipment, abilities, and mutations. They may be damaged by monster abilities; if any stat is reduced to 0 or below, you will suffer severe penalties.

The three defensive stats are your armour class (AC), your evasion (EV), and your blocking ability (SH). Your character also has a limited reserve of hit points (HP) and magic points (Magic or MP).

Starting Stats

Each of your starting stats is the sum of a contribution from your species and a contribution from your background. While they do not by any means define your character, it is easier to build your character in a way that is compatible with your stats.

Species Contributions

Not all species have the same stat total; Demigods have the highest stats, Gnolls have the lowest.

The "gain" column describes how the race automatically gains stats as they level up: a letter indicates the stat beginning with that letter can be chosen, and the number before the colon indicates the frequency of stat gains. So a Human, who would gain one Str, Int, or Dex every 4 levels, is represented by 4:SID. See Gaining Attributes below for further details.

Species Strength Intelligence Dexterity Sum Gain
!aArmataur 13 8 5 26 4:SID
!aBarachi 9 8 7 24 4:SID
!aDeep Elf 5 12 10 27 4:I
!aDemigod 9 10 9 28 Special*
!aDemonspawn 8 8 8 24 4:SID
!aDjinni 7 9 8 24 4:ID
!aDraconian 10 8 6 24 4:SID
!aFelid 4 11 11 26 4:ID
!aFormicid 12 7 9 28 4:SI
!aGargoyle 11 8 5 24 4:SI
!aGhoul 11 7 4 22 5:S
!aGnoll 7 7 7 21 4:SID
!aHill Orc 10 8 6 24 5:S
!aHuman 8 8 8 24 4:SID
!aKobold 5 9 10 24 5:SID
!aMerfolk 8 7 9 24 5:SID
!aMinotaur 12 5 5 22 4:SD
!aMummy 11 7 7 25 5:SID
!aNaga 10 8 6 24 4:SID
!aOctopode 7 10 7 24 5:SID
!aOni 11 9 4 24 3:S
!aSpriggan 4 9 10 23 5:ID
!aTengu 8 8 9 25 4:SID
!aTroll 15 4 5 24 3:S
!aVampire 7 10 9 26 5:ID
!aVine Stalker 10 8 9 27 4:SD
Average 8.92 8.19 7.42 24.1

* Demigods do not gain stats randomly. See Gaining Attributes.

Background Contributions

Your background also contributes to your starting stats, although to a lesser degree than your species. Unlike with species, the sum of the starting stats is the same across all backgrounds (12).

Background Strength Intelligence Dexterity
!aAir Elementalist 0 7 5
!aAlchemist 0 7 5
!aArtificer 4 3 5
!aBerserker 9 -1 4
!aBrigand 3 3 6
!aChaos Knight 4 4 4
!aCinder Acolyte 6 6 0
!aConjurer -1 10 3
!aDelver 4 2 6
!aEarth Elementalist 0 7 5
!aEnchanter 0 7 5
!aFighter 8 0 4
!aFire Elementalist 0 7 5
!aGladiator 6 0 6
!aHedge Wizard 2 6 4
!aHexslinger 0 5 7
!aHunter 3 1 8
!aIce Elementalist 0 7 5
!aMonk 3 2 7
!aNecromancer 0 7 5
!aReaver 4 5 3
!aShapeshifter 6 2 4
!aSummoner 0 7 5
!aWanderer * * *
!aWarper 3 5 4
Average 2.67 4.54 4.79

*A wanderer's starting stats are random, weighted to benefit items received, but will also total 12. However, if a stat is greater than 17, it is less likely to be increased.

125 is the absolute maximum value for strength, dexterity, and intelligence. These ability scores can never go above 125. The minimum value for stats is -128.

Gaining Attributes

Characters will increase attributes naturally as they level, with their race determining which attributes they gain and how often they gain them. Additionally, they get to increase an attribute of their choice by two every six levels, starting at level 3.

Demigods gain a choice of 4 stat points every three levels, but they do not gain any stats randomly from leveling.

History

  • Prior to 0.28, manual attribute gain was +1 stat per 3 levels.
  • In 0.17, the stat cap for strength, intelligence, and dexterity was increased from 72 to 125.
  • Stats used to be randomized: there were eight stat points that would be allocated randomly, with a slight tendency to raise lower stats in preference to higher ones, but each species contribution was 2 points lower and the class contributions were 2 points lower in total, meaning the total number of stat points was unchanged.
    • Additionally, Wanderers' stats used to total only 6, making the class considerably more difficult. Artificers' totaled 9, although that difference was less significant. As for species, numerous small changes have been made over the years, but one of the more significant ones is to Mummies: they have gone from having some of the worst starting stats (7/3/3, or 13 total) to being among the higher-stat races (though still extremely difficult to play).