Originally Posted by Talismina
Int would be the other strong contender. Unless you're playing a wizzy, you're most likely just going from a +1 to a -1 stat bonus at most. And it is quite likely, that at some point in chapter 1, suddenly, somehow, one character
suddenly has a +3 bonus
instead.

Well, if you have the equipment slot for it, anyway.

I went for it on my Bard for obvious reasons (since he's supposed to be a master at all speech checks), but otherwise I only use it temporarily.

And even on my Bard I lose this slot for other interesting equipment, including
items specifically for bard.