Cleric race

[Mentathiel]

You make a good point; Halfling charisma is lower even than dark elves...

Usually, you want 25 points (everything you can add) into Wisdom no matter your race, then the rest in strength or stamina, but a halfling might consider putting that last 5 into charisma for lulling. I wouldn't personally, but it's up to you...

[Charlo]

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

Usually, you want 25 points (everything you can add) into Wisdom no matter your race, then the rest in strength or stamina, but a halfling might consider putting that last 5 into charisma for lulling. I wouldn't personally, but it's up to you...

This makes sense, but some clerics I've spoken with have told me that with gear they are easily over the soft/hard caps for WIS with gear after allocating all those points to wisdom during creation. I'm not sure what the actual soft/hard caps are. So is there a certain point where your wasting points with WIS when it can be used for str/sta/agi/cha?

Thank you for these responses... trying to get as much feedback as possible to make an informed decision.

[kaev]

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

This makes sense, but some clerics I've spoken with have told me that with gear they are easily over the soft/hard caps for WIS with gear after allocating all those points to wisdom during creation. I'm not sure what the actual soft/hard caps are. So is there a certain point where your wasting points with WIS when it can be used for str/sta/agi/cha?

Thank you for these responses... trying to get as much feedback as possible to make an informed decision.

200 is the "soft cap" for wis. From 201 to 255 you get ~ 1/2 (iirc) the mana increase you get up to 200. 255 is the highest possible value (hard cap) for all attributes.

Deep mana pool is worthwhile on cleric at all levels because shit happens. Unless you're heavily twinked and/or PL'd to L50+ you'll get plenty of value while you level out of those 25 into wis. Once you're getting the good gear you can go for +mana items again (just like under L20) to get the best mana pool available to you. If you raid in velious your mana pool depth will be one of the factors determining how long you can keep going in the CH chain on those long fights.