Slightly differently optimized starting stats (and a guide on how to change them yourself)
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📋 About This Mod
This mod changes the starting abillity score for all base game classes, hopefully reducing the amount of visits to Withers every playthrough. I have also included a (hopefully) easy guide on how to change the abillity scores yourself.
It is no secret that the starting stats for the origin characters as well as every class are less than optimal. Adie's Slightly More Optimized Starting Classes (Ability Scores) is a lovely attempt at fixing this problem, but what is optimal for some are not always optimal for others. Like for AdieD's mod, the changes will only take effect in a new safe ❤️So I made my own tweaks to their mod, which better suit my playstyle and preferences.
As my general philosophy, all classes have 17 in their main score, and most unnecessary uneven scores that you likely wouldn't heighten on a typical build are removed. The rest of the stats are placed somewhere in between "doing the highest amount of numbers" and "lore-wise, a cleric would probably have a CHA of at least 10 and I guess it's either 10 CHA or 10 INT, so I'll choose CHA and dump INT".
Note that classes that get their subclass at lv 1 have different starting abilities for each subclass, but in general, I have set the scores as such:
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[]Barbarian 💪🏼: STR 17; DEX 14; CON 16; INT 08; WIS 10; CHA 08
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]Bard🪈: STR 10; DEX 14; CON 14; INT 10; WIS 10; CHA 17[]Cleric🙏🏻: STR 10; DEX 14; CON 14; INT 08; WIS 17; CHA 10
[]Druid🌱: STR 10; DEX 14; CON 14; INT 12; WIS 17; CHA 08
[]Fighter⚔️: STR 17; DEX 14; CON 14; INT 10; WIS 12; CHA 08
[]Monk🤸🏽: STR 13; DEX 17; CON 12; INT 08; WIS 16; CHA 08
[]Paladin✝️: STR 17; DEX 08; CON 14; INT 8; WIS 10; CHA 16
[]Ranger🐺: STR 11; DEX 17; CON 12; INT 10; WIS 16; CHA 08
[]Rogue🗡️: STR 13; DEX 17; CON 16; INT 8; WIS 10; CHA 10
[]Sorcerer🩸: STR 08; DEX 16; CON 14; INT 10; WIS 08; CHA 17
[]Warlock🪄: STR 08; DEX 16; CON 14; INT 10; WIS 08; CHA 17
[]Wizard🧙🏿♀️: STR 08; DEX 14; CON 14; INT 17; WIS 12; CHA 10
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Don't like those scores? No problem! I probably won't be updating this mod unless there is a problem with it, but here you have my guide to changing the stats yourself:
[]First, you need to download BG3 Modder's Multitool from GitHub, and possibly get yourself Notepad ++ since it’s just so much easier to read code in that program, but something like Wordpad will likely get the job done.
[]Download the optional file "SDOSS DYI" from this modpage. Unpack the zipfile. Depending on your unpacki
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- AdieD and genderwithyourmom
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 296
- Endorsements
- 15
- Category
- Classes
- Created
- 8/14/2024
- Updated
- 8/23/2024
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