Player character Stats in Arx Fatalis.
- Life Energy - Represents your health or the amount of damage you can take. If this value reaches zero, your hero is effectively dead and you will have to load a saved game or start over. Your energy does regenerate, but to speed things up, find a bite to eat or use a healing potion.
- Mana - No mana, no magic. Each spell you cast requires a certain amount of mana – the more powerful, the more mana you will need. Similar to your health, your mana level regenerates automatically, but you can also use a potion if need be.
- Strength - The higher this value, the higher your damage bonus and your ability to carry and use heavy weapons. Strength also influences the skills object knowledge, close combat and distance weapons.
- Constitution - Influences health and resistance to poison. In addition, the better your constitution, the heavier the armour you can wear, and the better your defense value.
- Dexterity - Determines accuracy in battle and increases the chance of a critical blow which can take out an enemy instantly. This value influences technical skill, stealth, close combat, distance weapons and object knowledge.
- Intelligence - A character who’s thick as bricks isn’t likely to get far, a good intelligence value not only bolsters the mana reserves, but increases resistance to magic attacks. It also influences ethereal link, magic, technical skills, intuition and object knowledge.
- Armor Class - The higher, the better protected your character is during battle.
- Damage - The higher, the better your character is in melee combat.
- Resistance to Magic - The higher this value, the more immune your character is to spells and other magical attacks.
- Resistance to Poison - As this value increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to poison you, and you recover from poisoning faster, even without using a potion.
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- Skills - The player character's skills that are influenced by the player character's current stats and attributes.