What next for midlevel bard?

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Originally Posted by Amhran Ogma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If by some odd chance you see this, OP bcbrown, I'm about to roll a bard, but it's my first toon starting on p99 (gave away 56 rogue acct 20+ years ago), so I'll be lucky if I see a hand-me-down or two. I want to make sure I don't misspend/allocate a single starting stat.

I'm rolling Wood Elf no matter what. I planned on putting 10 to Dex (to start at 100), 10 STR (still low at 80), and the rest (5) in CHA (90)

Is there something I should know regarding your hindsight about "going dex being suboptimal"? Thanks

I rolled 2 bards, first went STR heavy, second went DEX heavy (with the final points going into the other). I would concur that I had a much better QoL on the STR build. The Dex build had issues with encumbrance all the way up to 60 and only overcame it once I was raid geared. Even in that case playing for the ultimate late game meta build in hindsight I would say STA would be the stat for virtually all melee classes as the other stats are easy to buff up STA/WIS/INT are the stats that have the least buffs.