That said, there's nothing like more Hit Points, so if you're finding yourself dying a bit more often than you'd like, some extra Endurance can help.

Most characters can easily get away with one or two points due to the abundance of healing items in the game, Toxins and Radiation can be cured with readily-available hypos, and Psi burnout damage is never a serious concern even for a dedicated Psi user. Governs: Hit Points, Radiation and Toxin resistance, Psi burnout damageĮvaluation: Despite the obvious advantages of greater health and resilience, the fact is that Endurance is not quite as useful as it sounds. Additionally, many weapons require a medium or even high Strength value to use, including the Assault Rifle, meaning that even if you want to ignore melee weapons, you'll still be almost required to pick up a few points in Strength. The most obvious benefit comes from the increase to your inventory size, with a new column in the grid added for every point of Strength, meaning you can carry around a few more healing items, some more ammo, a weapon, etc. Governs: Inventory size, melee damage, weapon requirementsĮvaluation: Strength is, for most characters, the most useful Stat in the entire game. Note that while Stats can be naturally increased to 6 using Cyber Modules, the use of Implants and Psi Powers can bring them higher, up to 8 or even 10, though most benefits will max out at around 8. Below you'll find a write-up on each of the Stats, including an evaluation of each one's usefulness. Each of these have their own primary and secondary beneifts, and which Stats you choose to increase will have a profound impact on your character's abilities, to a large degree defining how you make your way through the game.

System Shock 2 has a total of five Stats that define your character's abilities: Strength, Endurance, Psionics, Agility, and Cyber Affinity.

Character builds system shock 2