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From Vanguard Wiki

Attributes are the basic characteristics of characters: how smart, how fast, how strong, how tough. These are usually represented as a numerical figure, which often can be increased as the character levels. Certain debuffs might lower these attributes, while buffs and bonuses on gear might raise them.

In addition, there are energy pools. These represent such things as the character's life, energy or magical capacity, and are lowered as actions are taken. These pools are commonly replenished through regeneration or resting.

Many attributes differ by sphere, so crafting will use a different set of attributes than adventuring classes.

Contents 1 Adventuring Sphere 1.1 Attributes 1.2 Pools 2 Crafting Sphere 3 Diplomacy Sphere

[edit] Adventuring Sphere

[edit] Attributes

Some known attributes and their effects include:

• Strength: Melee damage bonus, affects encumbrance
• Constitution: Determines hit points, grants resistance bonus
• Dexterity: Affects melee critical hit rate, evasion
• Vitality: Combat regeneration rate, power of healing spells, movement speed
• Intelligence: Spell damage power, Counterspell, identifying spells and tactics
• Wisdom: Maximum mana, spell critical hits, Counterspell, identifying spells and tactics

• Armor class: Protection granted by equipment
• Defense: Your total defense
• Melee attack: Damage inflicted in melee combat
• Ranged attack: Damage inflicted by ranged weapons
• Off Hand: Damage inflicted by your off-hand weapon

There are also six resistance values, for fire, cold, spiritual, mental, arcane, and physical damage each. These apply to your mitigation and evasion(?). For spellcasting classes, there's also Spell Focus and Healing Focus granted by some equipment, which increases the power of spells.

[edit] Pools

Various pools are the (numerical) limit to what your characters can do. Some known pools and their effects:

• Hit points: This is your life force; when it reaches zero, you are dead
• Endurance: Fortitude used primarily by melee classes; fixed at 100 total
• Energy: Magic pool used by spellcasters and some melee classes

• Jin: Special pool used by Monks and Disciples to carry out their abilities; increased by certain combat arts and decreases slowly out of combat
• Phenomena: Special pool exclusive to Druids for wonders and calamities
• Virtue points: Special pool reserved for Paladins only

[edit] Crafting Sphere

Crafting uses a different and more restricted set of four attributes, and only one pool.

• Finesse: Increases effectiveness of tools
• Ingenuity: Increases the effectiveness of station actions
• Reasoning: Increases the effectiveness of crafting utilities
• Problem Solving: Increases effectiveness of remedies used to correct complications
• Action Points: Pool used during crafting; decrements as actions are taken

[edit] Diplomacy Sphere

Diplomats do not have attributes and pools in the traditional sense, however Presence and Expression is very similar in concept.