Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - General Will a Dex/Speed based Melee character be viable?

With current balancing, daggers/knives are the only short-range melee weapons that require dex instead of str, and they indeed are faster than most other weapons. If you'd then invest in speed, your character would be very good at dodging and could run a lot further with one action point than other chars.