D&D 4E Is wisdom too powerful in 4e

[Sadrik]

Now that we see that some of the traditional INT based skills will be based instead on WIS will this make WIS one of the most important abilities for knowledge based characters and characters overall considering its affecting Will Defenses and keying off some wizard "meta-magic-like" feats?

Will WIS be the dex of 4e?

 

[Xethreau]

Wisdom is obviously more important in 4e, but I wouldn't call it the "new dex."

 

[Stalker0]

No it looks like dex is the new dex.

With some of those rogue powers, you can do attack and damage based off dex, you don't need strength at all.

 

[Colmarr]

I strongly suspect that the idea of generic "attack" attributes (Str or Dex in 3.x) will go the way of the dodo with 4e.

As we have seen with both the Paladin and Rogue previews, a lot of their powers work from a prime attribute (Cha for Paladins and Dex for Rogues). I wouldn't be surprised if Cleric powers cue off Wisdom and Wizard powers cue off Intelligence.

While Wisdom does feature heavily in the rogue skill list, I don't think we've seen anywhere near enough crunch to judge whether it is now "one of the most important abilities".

 

[TwinBahamut]

Since there are references in some places to even Constitution being used for attacks (specifically, for fighters with axes), I don't think any one stat will be the "new Dex". It seems that while there will be particularly powerful and important stats for each class, these stats will depend entirely on class and power choice, rather than the system as a whole.

 

[Doug McCrae]

I didn't realise Dex was the best stat in 3e, I thought it was Str.

Or rather, your 'active stat' is most important - Str for barbarians, Int for wizards, etc. Con is the #2 stat for everyone.

 

[MaelStorm]

No it looks like dex is the new dex.

With some of those rogue powers, you can do attack and damage based off dex, you don't need strength at all.

I agree totally. And I think this is one of the key point of the new mechanic of 4E. (That's also why conversion from the previous edition is not impossible but very difficult.)

 

[mach1.9pants]

With the 2x[w]+DEX bit does that mean just the d6x2 or d6+STRx2? Do we know or are we guessing, I can't figure it from the Paladin Smite thingy.

 

[MaelStorm]

2x[weapon damage]+DEX mod. i think

 

[mach1.9pants]

2x[weapon damage]+DEX mod. i think

Kay, so you don't get STR mod and DEX mod. S'pose it makes sense if you are (maybe) adding 1/2 your level to each mod as well.