Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance/Abilities

The characters would be hard to differentiate if their abilities are not defined. For example, Adrianna has weak strength while Vahn has strong strength. Unlike skills, where you give your character more defense or a set of powers you can use, the character stats are upgraded every three levels.

The maximum experience level is up to 40. So you might have to think wisely on your preference of which stats need to be upgraded. The most important would be constitution, dexterity and strength. The others are intelligence, wisdom and charisma, which is totally optional if you are impatient to get experience points or enhance your magical endurance or even get cheaper prices.

The maximum points by the time you reach level 40 is a total of 13 points. So with this in mind, it will help you decide whether you want to balance your character's abilities or fill in the area that was neglected the most like strength and constitution.

Character stats

 * Strength: It's how strong you are when you attack enemies on a regular basis. A high strength range has a better chance to do some more damage and allows you to carry more weight than weaker characters.
 * Intelligence: This is how much magic can be regenerated, and it increases each time you advance a level. Adrianna, the weakest character, starts out with a high intelligence points so you might have enough magic power to last in this game.
 * Wisdom: It's how fast you gain experience as you progress through the game. Vahn can gain experience the quickest, whilst Kromlech gains experience the slowest.
 * Dexterity: This is how often you will be hit, and also it gives you a better chance of hitting opponents with ranged weapons. Not necessarily bows, but with weapons with a long reach between you and your opponent.
 * Constitution: This defines how many hit points will help the character last in the game before he or she gets killed and has to start over. Essential for Vahn and Adrianna, who start out with low constitution.
 * Charisma: It's how much gold you can buy or sell items for at the store. Kromlech will start with expensive items while Adrianna starts out with cheap items.