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Fortitude saves & Weapon Finesse

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:00 am
by Tricky
If you take Weapon Finesse, use a light weapon and force an opponent to make a Fortitude Save by skill usage (with an Assassin Death Attack, for one), will the DC of his saving throw be based on your DEX or your STR?

Edit: I know weapon Finesse introduces dex-based hit chance, not dex-based damage. I am just trying to figure out why a dex focussed character like an assassin has to make opponents do fortitude saves.

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:45 am
by Tricky
Never mind, I was really mistaken on this one. According to D20srd.org it uses INT to determine the save, not STR or DEX. Thread can be locked or deleted, whichever.

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:21 pm
by shift244
Read the description in your abilities. I think NWN2 does this slightly differently, by setting a fixed DC for it. The D20srd is the official, original ruleset, some of which are not migrated for reasons like "cannot be implemented properly" or simply "it's more balanced for a more combat centric, semi-turn based combat, and larger market".