Are your attributes ever used in dialogue checks, or is it skills only?

[Staehr]

No spoilers please.

Let's say I'm trying to rush up and disarm someone, or win at armwrestling, or come up with a clever joke, or you name it.

Is there any occasion where the game will check your Quickness/Might/Wits for this sort of thing, or will it always check against Athletics/Subterfuge, etc?

 

[tacodiscussions]

Never your attributes, although your attributes do contribute a little to your athletics/lore/subterfuge score.

 

[Staehr]

Thanks!

So I guess your attributes matter very little for role-playing purposes then. As in, you can create a guy with 8 Wits and Resolve, but put all your starting skillpoints in Lore and he will be just as clever as a brainy diplomat.

 

[tacodiscussions]

Yup

 

[Staehr]

Hrmph. Back in my day you needed high Endurance, Agility and Charisma to become a pornstar, and couldn't even use computers without high Intelligence.

 

[tacodiscussions]

So back in the days, we wouldn't have seen you here then?

 

[Zarine]

Keep in mind that those attributes give bonuses to the skills.
Thus it's a bit of a mix. Good attribute and good skills will be better than only good skills.

After yes, on some elements it's quite easy to have enough skill points without the attribut to go with it.