Character Stats

Avernum 2 Annotated Maps

Character Stats and Traits

See the Avernum 1 strategy and tips page for suggestions and comments provided by Alexander Denev about party development - many of the same suggestions apply as well in Avernum 2.

Also, see the Avernum 1 character stats page for introductory information on how to read this chart and figure out costs of skills. I have highlighted the two new skills (and the change to the value of rune reading from the addition of the Vahantai Lore skill).

Stat Base Value Initial Cost Use

Base Stats

Strength 2 5 Increases damage in melee combat, and weight allowance

Dexterity 2 5 Increases combat speed and odds of hitting with both melee and missile weapons.

Intelligence 1 5 Increases spell points and lore.

Endurance 3 4 Increases hit points and various resistances.

Weapon Skills

Melee Weapons (STR + DEX) / 3 2 Increases hit odds with swords and such. Hit odds = 30% + (5% * melee).

Pole Weapons (STR + DEX) / 3 2 Increases hit odds with spears, pikes, halberds. Hit odds = 30% + (5% * pole).

Bows DEX / 2 2 Increases hit odds with bows and crossbows. Hit odds = 40% + (5% * bows).

Thrown Weapons DEX / 2 1 Increases hit odds with javelins and rocks. Hit odds = 40% + (5% * thrown).

Hardiness STR / 4 3 Each level has a chance of reducing incoming damage by 1.

Defense DEX / 4 2 Reduces your odds of being hit by 4% per point.

Assassination 0 3 Increases damage when your level exceeds that of your target.

Magical Skills

Mage Spells 0 5 Increases spell points and effectiveness of mage spells.

Priest Spells 0 4 Increases spell points and effectiveness of priest spells.

Arcane Lore INT / 2 1 Affects chances of reading magic writing (i.e. spells). Stats affected by this are pooled over the party.

Potion Making INT / 4 1 Increases odds of making potions successfully.

Useful Skills

Tool Use DEX / 2 1 Increases odds of picking locks and disarming traps.

Cave Lore INT / 4 1 Increases odds of avoiding wandering monsters and has a number of places where it can get you bonus stuff.

First Aid INT / 4 1 Allows you to heal characters somewhat. (N.B. I never, ever used this stat).

Luck 0 4 Raises resistances, among other unadvertised effects.

Special Skills

Barter 0 1 Pooled across your whole party, increases return when selling items.

Blademaster 0 4 Increases both hit odds and damage with all melee and pole weapons.

Anatomy 0 2 Increases first aid, and damage against humans and humanoid monsters.

Gymnastics 0 2 Allows you to act faster in combat, reduces your odds of being hit in combat.

Pathfinder 0 1 Increases odds of passing through swamps and lava terrtain safely.

Find Herbs 0 n/a (Untrainable) Gives a chance of finding herbs while walking outside (a potential money making skill).

Magery 0 n/a (Untrainable) Makes spells you cast more effective.

Resistance 0 n/a (Untrainable) Increases odds of resisting magical attacks.

Parry 0 n/a (Untrainable) Helps you avoid blows in combat.

Vahnatai Lore 0 n/a (Untrainable) Helps with certain encounters involving Vahnatai stuff.

Dread Curse 0 n/a Makes you a little worse at everything you do - takes 500 coins in the Tower of Magi to get rid of it.

Derived Stats

Health 7 + END * (level / 2 + 2) The number of hit points you get from Endurance goes from 2 to 22 with character level.

Spell Energy 4 * (INT + MAG + PRI) So combo priest/wizards get many MANY more spell points than their specialist cousins.

Poison Resistance END + LCK + HRD/2 + 2*RES Each level gives 5% chance of avoiding poison damage.

Magic Resistance LCK + MAG/2 + RES + MGRY Each level gives 5% chance of resisting magical effects.

Willpower INT + LCK + (MAG + PRI)/2 + MGRY Each level gives 5% chance of resisting mind clouding effects like charm.

Resist Elements LCK + DEX/4 + HRD/2 + 2*RES Each level gives 5% chance of resisting 'elemental' attacks like from fire and ice.

Item Lore ARC + (INT + MAG)/2 Pooled across your whole party, increases odds of identifying items.

Rune Reading ARC + (MAG + PRI + VL)/2 + MGRY Pooled across your whole party, increases odds of deciphering spells and strange writing.

Traits are the same in Avernum 2 as in Avernum 1, see the Avernum 1 character stats page for more details.

Trait XP Mod Description

Good Traits

Great Renown -10% Bonus to initial reputation, "certain special encounters will be easier" - I assume that to mean it lowers the necessary reputation for many things.

Nimble Fingers -15% Bonus when picking locks and disarming traps - Alexander Denev reports this trait to be possibly broken in the windows version.

Beastmaster -15% gives you the Summon Beast ability.

Strong Will -15% Increases willpower type resistance

Good Education -15% Gives a bonus to rune reading and item lore.

Toughness -20% Decreases incoming damage and increases resistance to poison and disease.

Fast on Feet -20% Makes you move sooner in combat, sometimes gives additional action points.

Natural Mage -25% All your spells work better, and you can cast spells even while wearing encumbering armor.

Elite Warrior -30% Bonuses in combat which increase with level, plus gives you the Go Berserk ability.

Divinely Touched -40% Gives you the abilities Lay on Hands, Natural Curing, and Call Spirit.

Bad Traits

Cursed At Birth +20% Somtimes gives a penalties to actions, and increases damage from magic.

Sickness Prone +20% Increases damage from poison, disease, and such.

Sluggish +30% Makes you slower in combat and gives you fewer actions.

Brittle Bones +30% Increases damage from all physical combat.

Completely Inept +40% A combination of all other bad effects.

The special abilities are the same as in Avernum 1. See the Avernum 1 character stats page for my comments on them.

Summon Beast - once per day you can summon a monster, the power of which goes up with your level.
Call Spirit - once per day you can summon a shade, the power of which goes up with your level.
Lay on Hands - once per day you can heal yourself, the amount of health gained goes up with your level.
Natural Curing - once per day you can cure yourself of poison and/or disease.
Go Berserk - once per day you can berserk, which increases your combat effectiveness (more at higher levels), but makes you easier to hit.
Inner Might - once per day you can bless yourself, which increases your combat damage (more at higher levels).
Defensive Glow - once per day you can shield yourself, more damage is absorbed at higher levels.

Character Classes

	Soldier	Berserker	Cleric	Sorcerer	Rogue	Archer	Rebel	Hedge Wizard	Shaman	Custom
Base Stats
Strength	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	2	4	2
Dexterity	4	6	3	2	5	6	4	2	4	2
Intelligence	1	1	3	5	1	1	1	4	2	1
Endurance	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	3
Weaponry Skills
Melee Weapons	6	7	4	2	6	5	5	1	6	1
Pole Weapons	5	3	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	1
Bows	2	3	1	1	2	7	4	1	2	1
Thrown Weapons	3	3	1	3	4	5	4	1	2	1
Hardiness	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
Defense	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Assassination	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Magical Skills
Mage Spells	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Priest Spells	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Arcane Lore	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	4	3	0
Potion Making	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	2	0
Useful Skills
Tool Use	2	3	1	1	7	3	6	1	2	1
Cave Lore	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
First Aid	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	3	0	0
Luck	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Cost	60	60	62	60	58	60	60	61	60	0

It's true - these are the same classes as in Avernum 1 (including the same "bugs" in the cleric, rogue, and hedge wizard classes, see the Avernum 1 character stats page for details, but, anyway, never take the Rogue class).

Races

The one new feature of character creation in Avernum 2 is the choice of race - you can be human (same default as always) or Slith (20 % xp penalty, resistance to fire, bonuses with pole weapons - an excellent choice for your ultimate Jade Halberd wielder) or Nephilim (10 % xp penalty, more nimble, bonuses with missile weapons). There may be other effects on encounters through the game - I will detail those here once I have completed annotating all the maps (with my three different parties of all human, all slith, and all nephilim characters).

NPCs

I found several NPCs that will join in Avernum 2 and will list their stats once I bump into again during the map annotation round.

Experience Needed For Each Level

This is total experience, not difference from last level. There is a level cap of (something higher than 40, I'll find it "soon enough" since I'm using solo characters to map the game). Read level as your destination level, not your current level. You gain 4 skill points per level, and your level over 2 (rounded down) determines how much each point of endurance is worth to your total hit points. All classes gain levels and skill points the same way.

Level Experience Level Experience Level Experience Level Experience

1 -- 11 1,500 21 5,000 31 10,500

2 100 12 1,800 22 5,500 32 11,200

3 200 13 2,100 23 6,000 33 11,900

4 300 14 2,400 24 6,500 34 12,600

5 400 15 2,700 25 7,000 35 13,300

6 500 16 3,000 26 7,500 36 14,000

7 700 17 3,400 27 8,100 37 14,800

8 900 18 3,800 28 8,700 38 15,600

9 1,100 19 4,200 29 9,300 39 16,400

10 1,300 20 4,600 30 9,900 40 17,200

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Character Stats

Stat	Base Value	Initial Cost	Use
Base Stats
Strength	2	5	Increases damage in melee combat, and weight allowance
Dexterity	2	5	Increases combat speed and odds of hitting with both melee and missile weapons.
Intelligence	1	5	Increases spell points and lore.
Endurance	3	4	Increases hit points and various resistances.
Weapon Skills
Melee Weapons	(STR + DEX) / 3	2	Increases hit odds with swords and such. Hit odds = 30% + (5% * melee).
Pole Weapons	(STR + DEX) / 3	2	Increases hit odds with spears, pikes, halberds. Hit odds = 30% + (5% * pole).
Bows	DEX / 2	2	Increases hit odds with bows and crossbows. Hit odds = 40% + (5% * bows).
Thrown Weapons	DEX / 2	1	Increases hit odds with javelins and rocks. Hit odds = 40% + (5% * thrown).
Hardiness	STR / 4	3	Each level has a chance of reducing incoming damage by 1.
Defense	DEX / 4	2	Reduces your odds of being hit by 4% per point.
Assassination	0	3	Increases damage when your level exceeds that of your target.
Magical Skills
Mage Spells	0	5	Increases spell points and effectiveness of mage spells.
Priest Spells	0	4	Increases spell points and effectiveness of priest spells.
Arcane Lore	INT / 2	1	Affects chances of reading magic writing (i.e. spells). Stats affected by this are pooled over the party.
Potion Making	INT / 4	1	Increases odds of making potions successfully.
Useful Skills
Tool Use	DEX / 2	1	Increases odds of picking locks and disarming traps.
Cave Lore	INT / 4	1	Increases odds of avoiding wandering monsters and has a number of places where it can get you bonus stuff.
First Aid	INT / 4	1	Allows you to heal characters somewhat. (N.B. I never, ever used this stat).
Luck	0	4	Raises resistances, among other unadvertised effects.
Special Skills
Barter	0	1	Pooled across your whole party, increases return when selling items.
Blademaster	0	4	Increases both hit odds and damage with all melee and pole weapons.
Anatomy	0	2	Increases first aid, and damage against humans and humanoid monsters.
Gymnastics	0	2	Allows you to act faster in combat, reduces your odds of being hit in combat.
Pathfinder	0	1	Increases odds of passing through swamps and lava terrtain safely.
Find Herbs	0	n/a	(Untrainable) Gives a chance of finding herbs while walking outside (a potential money making skill).
Magery	0	n/a	(Untrainable) Makes spells you cast more effective.
Resistance	0	n/a	(Untrainable) Increases odds of resisting magical attacks.
Parry	0	n/a	(Untrainable) Helps you avoid blows in combat.
Vahnatai Lore	0	n/a	(Untrainable) Helps with certain encounters involving Vahnatai stuff.
Dread Curse	0	n/a	Makes you a little worse at everything you do - takes 500 coins in the Tower of Magi to get rid of it.
Derived Stats
Health	7 + END * (level / 2 + 2)		The number of hit points you get from Endurance goes from 2 to 22 with character level.
Spell Energy	4 * (INT + MAG + PRI)		So combo priest/wizards get many MANY more spell points than their specialist cousins.
Poison Resistance	END + LCK + HRD/2 + 2*RES		Each level gives 5% chance of avoiding poison damage.
Magic Resistance	LCK + MAG/2 + RES + MGRY		Each level gives 5% chance of resisting magical effects.
Willpower	INT + LCK + (MAG + PRI)/2 + MGRY		Each level gives 5% chance of resisting mind clouding effects like charm.
Resist Elements	LCK + DEX/4 + HRD/2 + 2*RES		Each level gives 5% chance of resisting 'elemental' attacks like from fire and ice.
Item Lore	ARC + (INT + MAG)/2		Pooled across your whole party, increases odds of identifying items.
Rune Reading	ARC + (MAG + PRI + VL)/2 + MGRY		Pooled across your whole party, increases odds of deciphering spells and strange writing.

Trait	XP Mod	Description
Good Traits
Great Renown	-10%	Bonus to initial reputation, "certain special encounters will be easier" - I assume that to mean it lowers the necessary reputation for many things.
Nimble Fingers	-15%	Bonus when picking locks and disarming traps - Alexander Denev reports this trait to be possibly broken in the windows version.
Beastmaster	-15%	gives you the Summon Beast ability.
Strong Will	-15%	Increases willpower type resistance
Good Education	-15%	Gives a bonus to rune reading and item lore.
Toughness	-20%	Decreases incoming damage and increases resistance to poison and disease.
Fast on Feet	-20%	Makes you move sooner in combat, sometimes gives additional action points.
Natural Mage	-25%	All your spells work better, and you can cast spells even while wearing encumbering armor.
Elite Warrior	-30%	Bonuses in combat which increase with level, plus gives you the Go Berserk ability.
Divinely Touched	-40%	Gives you the abilities Lay on Hands, Natural Curing, and Call Spirit.
Bad Traits
Cursed At Birth	+20%	Somtimes gives a penalties to actions, and increases damage from magic.
Sickness Prone	+20%	Increases damage from poison, disease, and such.
Sluggish	+30%	Makes you slower in combat and gives you fewer actions.
Brittle Bones	+30%	Increases damage from all physical combat.
Completely Inept	+40%	A combination of all other bad effects.

Level	Experience	Level	Experience	Level	Experience	Level	Experience
1	--	11	1,500	21	5,000	31	10,500
2	100	12	1,800	22	5,500	32	11,200
3	200	13	2,100	23	6,000	33	11,900
4	300	14	2,400	24	6,500	34	12,600
5	400	15	2,700	25	7,000	35	13,300
6	500	16	3,000	26	7,500	36	14,000
7	700	17	3,400	27	8,100	37	14,800
8	900	18	3,800	28	8,700	38	15,600
9	1,100	19	4,200	29	9,300	39	16,400
10	1,300	20	4,600	30	9,900	40	17,200