true (re: stats)...
here is what i'm going for then...
character creation:
1st Level
str 13 (+1)
dex 10 (--> 12 (+1))
con 12 (--> 10 (+0))
int 16 (+3)
wis 14 (+2)
cha 8 (-1)
as he goes from 1st to 3rd to 6th and lastly to 9th (5th lvl spells) i figure using his stat upgrades at 4th and 8th respectively to bump up his wis from 14 to 15 and then lastly to 16. (to cast 5th level spells you need a 15 in that stat, right?)
the high int goes in well with the skills i'm setting this guy up for, the drop in cha i can live with, but it's not a dump, watch out. everyone would want to have high con and high str, but not everyone is so lucky.
i'm still tweaking him as we speak though . . . so more later...