Basic Stats FAQ
STR - Raises your overall damage curve
- +2 STR also gives +1 Attack and +1 Ranged Attack
DEX - Increases Accuracy
- Increases Critical Hit rate
- Increases Sneak Attack damage
AGI - Increases Evasion, Parry, Shield Block
- Increases Ranged Accuracy
- Increases Trick Attack damage
- Decreases Critical Hits received
VIT - Lowers your overall damage received curve
- +2 VIT also gives +1 Defense
INT - Increases damage of Black magic nukes
- Decreases monster resistance to Black magic
- Increases your own magic resistance?
MND - Increases power of Cures
- Decreases monster resistance to White magic
- Increases your own magic resistance?
- Increases power of Chi Blast
CHR - Increases success rate of Beastmaster charms
- Increases success rate of Bard debuffs
- Affects some Weapon Skills (which?)
- DOES NOT affect enmity (hate)
ATTACK - Raises chance that you will hit the high end of your damage curve.
- STR is your potential maximum damage, Attack is your ability to meet that maximum.
- Increasing Attack directly will not increase Ranged Attack.
DEFENSE - Raises chance that a monster will hit the low end of your damage received curve.
- Vitality is your potential minimum damage received, Defense is your ability to meet that minimum.
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