Originally Posted by mrfuji3
Another important thing is that
Originally Posted by Patch
Tweaked DEFAULT ability distribution for Clerics and Rogues. Clerics start with more DEX to take advantage of medium armor; Rogues start with more INT to open them up for Arcane Trickster archetype.

Thus, any person unfamiliar with D&D will probably choose stats similar to these when starting as a Cleric. Now, while it's arguable that the current stats fit for SH, many clerics (especially heavy armor clerics) will be punished by these stats.
I can easily imagine many players starting as a cleric and then feeling absolutely useless in melee combat because of the low strength. Clerics (including SH) start out with maces, right? Which are not finesse. This is misleading.

Hopefully, at least, Larian will separate Companion ability scores from default recommended distributions.


I'm not 100% sure on this, but I seem to recall while making a cleric yesterday, that when I swapped from a light cleric(medium armor,) to a life cleric(heavy armor,) the stats automatically swapped from a decent DEX to a decent STR. I'm not at my computer to test that though.