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Auntie Ethel's Hair (sh.itjust.works)

(Spoilers for Act 1)

I'm planning to take on Auntie Ethel early to get her to trade her hair for the +1 stat boost, but I got to thinking, do I need to save using it until my stat is already at 20? I know this can boost it over 20, and ideally the level system would recognize it and account for it, but I don't want to risk it and get boned when I go to stat increase at level 8.

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[-] foyrkopp@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

The buff persists across stat increases.

You don't see it in the level-up-screen, but it's applied afterwards.

It's easy to test:

Make a save, Withers, eat the hair, level up.

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Great to know, thanks! The hag dies tomorrow as scheduled!

Or, rather, almost dies, but yeah.

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Is there another +1 buff in the game? Because 20 and 21 are effectively the same.

Shar's mirror of loss has some potential increases as mentioned here https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Permanent_Bonuses

[-] teft@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Also the potion Araj Oblodra makes after Astarion bites her gives any character a permanent +2 in strength. Useful for martial characters.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 2 years ago

I actually used it to increase two stats to an even number. Uneven stats don't give you any bonuses.

[-] teft@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago

Every point of strength increases carry weight. Every point of charisma decreases shop costs. Not sure about the other stats but those two aren’t entirely useless at an odd number.

[-] Faildini@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I think jump distance benefits from odd strength to too, though I'm not 100% sure on that.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
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