Stats and the character sheet

Game version 1.2.7. Prose checked against 1.2.6.

Offensive and defensive attributes

• Strength contributes to physical damage.
• Dexterity contributes to accuracy, ranged damage and critical hits.
• Agility contributes to dodging and combat speed.
• Defence and armor reduce incoming damage through the combat system; neither makes you immune.

Resources and casting

• HP is your current health. Maximum HP is your capacity, not your current health.
• Constitution contributes to HP, poison and disease resistance, and stamina recovery.
• Intelligence supports spell power and mana.
• Wisdom supports magic-related effects and resistance.
• Stamina pays for many martial actions; mana pays for spells and some abilities.

Charisma supports social and economic interactions. The meaning of a bonus depends on the action that reads it; do not assume every attribute is used in every menu.

Permanent versus temporary

Base stats, equipped stats and current resources are different. A permanent reward belongs to your base character; a gear bonus disappears when you remove that gear. Boons, drugs, status effects and combat buffs can change the current outcome.

See leveling for growth and Mental for a separate condition that changes combat performance.