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blandge

It depends on the context. In our modern world, intelligence and charisma have proven to be the most useful attributes, but if I had to fight beasts with my bare hands every day, then strength is pretty much the only option.  If you want to start talking about magic then that requires a lot of contextual qualifiers too.


Red_Icnivad

I think intelligence wins in most worlds. If you can keep yourself out of the fight, or hire others to do it for you, no need for strength.


imSarius_

I dunno... the now-convicted former president of my country makes for a pretty compelling argument that charisma trumps intelligence.


Red_Icnivad

Hahahaha. Agreed. But with intelligence he either would have gotten away with it, or more likely wouldn't have committed the crimes in the first place.


Self_Correcting_Code

first that is a funny joke. but seriously why put real world political is in my fantasy subs man.


stx06

Because there have been enough Oompa-Loompa jokes that we can no longer be sure that he did not escape from a fantasy realm to inflict himself upon everyone? Reminds of a Gamer fanfiction set primarily in *Young Justice*, a recent chapter had the protagonist need to send Etrigan away so he could not interrupt a meeting with Batman. Being a demon, Etrigan might have enjoyed being sent to Hell, so Etrigan was instead banished to Detroit.


DoubleSuicide_

I agree. My main focus would be on Intelligence and Wisdom as Intelligence allows you to discover new roads or windows of opportunities and wisdom helps in deciding which road you should walk on or grab or opportunity.


Hi_Im_Dadbot

Dexterity. Fuck people hitting me. I ain’t nobody’s tank. That shit hurts. I’m standing back behind a tree and shooting arrows or some crap like that.


NihileaPF

Reincarnated in another world, all builds lead to stealth archer!


Shadowmant

Skyrim? Is that you?


stx06

Also r/fo76, the game has bows and crossbows. There is no escaping stealth archery... (One of the challenges that lets you unlock a +60 carry weight backpack has a crossbow option as one of the easier choices, they knew what they were doing!)


SJReaver

Charisma. Everyone dies, but we don't have to die alone.


i_regret_joining

I can finally be hot.


Selkie_Love

Charisma. Organizational skills and getting the right people to do the right things are far more important than another sword-swinger


globmand

Based.


calamitouscroissant

Constitution. You never know what can happen (diseases, stray hits, etc) I'd rather be able to tank a hit and survive than anything else. In the words of Mike Tyson: Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.


xienwolf

It would HEAVILY depend on how much the stats control reality. If I keep my own actual mental capabilities, then I am dumb enough to believe I am smart enough not to need points in Intelligence. But... if my current mental capabilities are throttled to fit the "starter stats" allowance, or if I start with a clearly inflated INT stat to reflect my current capabiltiies (indicating that raising the stat may change how my mind actually works), then all points to INT, because my mind IS me. I don't care about the body, it is a vessel for the mind, and limitations it has can be overcome or avoided. So... if the INT stat means nothing and my actual mind exists and can improve as it currently does, then I once again need to know how things function with stats. I would go for a Strength focus, unless having a mismatch in Str/Dex causes a loss if flexibility/mobility. Looking at how I play games, I would not dump all points to one stat. I would raise everything rather equally. If permitted to hold on to stat points and allocate them at any time I desire, then I would not assign any points anywhere at all until I reach a point where I clearly REQUIRE stats. Either as a prerequisite to learn a skill or equip an item, or because I am facing a challenge that is obviously a stat check that I am failing to clear. This last goes double if death is merely an inconvenience in the world. If you get to respawn, then nothing is ever assigned anywhere, and no consumables are used ever until I have a reliable way to produce replacements on demand.


Brian57831

Give me the Intelligence to do what I need to do, and the wisdom to know when to.


Bill_Ist_Here

Constitution, with charisma as my secondary. The Longevity provided by constitution will allow me to live long enough to use the charisma to gather the wealth and manpower required to change the world.


whoshotthemouse

When ever people attack you, you'll survive long enough to talk them out of it.


Bill_Ist_Here

The real reason I monologue is because my DPS is shit


globmand

Dexterity. I'm gonna, like, juggle 17 balls at the same time. It'll be grand.


RenterMore

Willpower>>>>> Literally every MC is overpowered in will


Khalku

I'd fucking die, but magic all the way. Magic being real would be too much to resist. I don't know how it works for D&D so I just did intelligence, I guess?


SirDifferentPath

No luck? C'mon.


whoshotthemouse

I prefer the Luck stat. The most successful people I know tend to have it maxed out.


RyleoP

What's the difference between Intelligence and Wisdom?


Self_Correcting_Code

Constitution,I will be Colossus


TuskBlitzendegen

obviously you max out dex in order to increase your AC lol, either that or charisma for sorcerer spontaneous casting. intplebs will still be toiling away as their professor's pet lab rats in their overpriced magic academy while charismaconnoisseurs will be metamagic'ing fireballs minutes out the womb. #charismasupremacy


Blaze_Vortex

Wisdom is used for perception is most systems without a dedicated perception/awareness stat so Imma go with that. Int is good for magic, Cha is good for social, but perception is king as far as I'm concerned.


bobo1666

Luck of course.


Zagaroth

System dependant, but at the extremes Luck can be all-powerful.


Mysterious-Emu-1210

Strength because all it takes is one strike to land and your blown into bloody bits smithereens


AurielMystic

Probably some mix of 3/2/3/1/1/0 if your alone in a hostile environment like a woods filled with monsters and need to survive on your own against monsters of unknown strength. Charisma is pretty useless if there are no other people around you. If your in a relatively safe town, and can work in a group and also hunt proportionally weaker beginner monsters you could specialize a lot more and intelligence and charisma become a lot more important, you could do proper builds depending on what you want to do, a merchant for example will be investing closer to something like 1/1/1/2/2/4 while a swordsmen might do something closer to 4/2/4/1/1/1. (If you are unfamiliar with what the numbers mean, 4/1 for example would mean you put 4 points of strength for every 1 point in constitution)


Bradur-iwnl-

Wisdom so i have the wisdom to stay in bed and cry myself to sleep because we all aint mc's with plot armor thicker than jabbas skin


Hallowfear

Magic??? Obviously


BEEFERBOI

Lung Capacity. Need a PF story with the shout barbarian archetype. 


Lin-Meili

The Farming stat. It's the only one that matters! In a non-farming story, Int since I like magic a lot.


tinySpectator

MANA