Wisdom vs Charisma

[Elvish Legion]

Which one is more important for force use? Wisdom or charisma? I can't seem to decide how I want to stat my jedi gunner...

[Deesra]

They each have their benefits. Both will increase your force powers upon level up. Say you have 14 Wisdom (+2) and 14 Charisma (+2) you would gain an extra 4 force points upon leveling up. Wisdom is more important so enemies have a harder time resisting your force powers as it adds Will modifiers. Wisdom also helps the Awareness and Treat Injury skills, and at a certain point in the game your Wisdom modifiers help increase your defense. Charisma helps the Persuade skill and using the force from different sides of allignment. Say you are using a dark side power but your character is light side. A higher charisma will reduce the force point cost. Charisma also gives your companions a better chance to hit. Finally, both will enhance the force heal power. +1 heal point for every wisdom and charisma modifier. Neither is necesarily better, rather each reflects your playing style and what build your looking for.

[CoM_Solaufein]

Wisdom is important when it concerns the Force. It factors in how many Force points you get whenever you level up.

[Elvish Legion]

Wisdom is important when it concerns the Force. It factors in how many Force points you get whenever you level up.

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Does wisdom also factor in the DC?

[Rosbjerg]

you need the "it depends" opstion as well as "equally important" ..

I would say Charisma, but that's just an indication of my particular playing style .. ^_^

Edited October 9, 2006 by Rosbjerg

[LadyCrimson]

I personally like Charisma, but I was always a meleer, not a caster, thus the bonuses to Force stuff didn't matter to me much. And Force Storm/Lightning always worked just fine.

[Dark_Raven]

Charisma because I'm a charismatic person.

[mr_raider]

They each have their benefits.  Both will increase your force powers upon level up. Say you have 14 Wisdom (+2) and 14 Charisma (+2) you would gain an extra 4 force points upon leveling up.

 

That's in K1. In K2, charisma does not increase force power gain per level.

[Xard]

What's your aligment? LS: Wisdom DS: Charisma

[Elvish Legion]

What's your aligment? LS: Wisdom DS: Charisma

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Light side....

 

I think I'll go with wisdom and leave my charisma at 12

[Mellypie]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but in K2 a high Charisma modifier adds a bonus to your companions attack and reduces the cost of using DS powers in a LS character and vice versa.

Edited October 11, 2006 by Mellypie

[dufflover]

I'm pretty balanced here. I use the Force a lot in a sort of "stun-then-run-in-slash" strategy, so while more FP would obviously be useful, I depend more on the strength of the FP which (according to the descriptions anyway) usually get contributions from Charisma and Wisdom so either is fine; but for the above reason (boosting team members) I will usually favour Charisma a bit more).

[Elvish Legion]

Does wisdom effect number of force points one gets. or is that just based on your class and feats alone?

[cretialuv7]

hmmm....i voted for wisdom but i see now there is a good case for both...LOL...but still stick with my vote

[darth_underpants]

charisma is way better, so that you can use f/lightning as LS without/as much DS repercussions.

[Deesra]

They each have their benefits.  Both will increase your force powers upon level up. Say you have 14 Wisdom (+2) and 14 Charisma (+2) you would gain an extra 4 force points upon leveling up.

 

That's in K1. In K2, charisma does not increase force power gain per level.

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Ah, thanks for the information. I tested it in KotOR I. I must've forgot to in KotOR II, because I figured it would be the same.

 

Also Wisdom can open up further dialogue choices...

[Dark_Raven]

I thought Charisma and persuade open up more dialogue choices.

[James Dunn]

I like the use of force powers :D so I aways put more in Wisdom. But in both K1 and K2 they have benefits that, if helpfull to the way you play, make them worth it. Even the use of force powers is benefited in defence and offence by both.

[Rosbjerg]

I thought Charisma and persuade open up more dialogue choices.

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well every skill does .. a high enough Awarness or even Repair can also open additional choices.. Persuade is more frequent however!

[vaxen83]

Including Will saves, assuming if Sentinel class is not taken. Especially for DS characters, considering that PC crystal adds bonus to Charisma rather than Wisdom stat. Suffice to say that Charisma adds slight bonus to allies' attacks apart from Persuade, being an important TSL skill.

Edited October 16, 2006 by vaxen83

[darth_underpants]

if you want to be a LS gardien or a sentinel weapon master, then charisma is very usefull because it allows you to use force storm and other DS powers with out any/much of the repercussions (for those who don't know, using it witha low charisma can slowly bring you down to DS). whilst wisdom has its uses, charisma is the clear winner for a fighter.

Edited November 13, 2006 by darth_underpants

[vaxen83]

Take both Charisma and Wisdom. DS Sith lord mastery bonuses only give bonuses to max FP even with base class Consular but LS Jedi masters get +3 for Wisdom. (+6 for Consular/Jedi master)

 

 

Charisma can allow reduced cost for force powers and Wisdom will help increase max FP. Would go for Wisdom first, then Charisma, as the first increases FP and modifiers of both count towards force power being effective.

 

Edited November 14, 2006 by vaxen83