Stats

Melee Power

Block Chance

Magic Power

Enemy Dodge Reduction

Counter Chance

Sneakiness

Counter Chance

Life Points

Sneakiness

As of Patch 1.08, Savvy also influences the cost of spells (according to a different formula for each spell) where this had previously been determined by Magic Power.

Block Chance

The Melee Power stat contributes bonus Slashing Damage, Crushing Damage, or Blasting Damage to your attacks, based on which type you would have otherwise dealt the most of.

The Critical Chance stat is equivalent to the percentage chance you have of your basic melee attack being a critical hit. When a critical hit occurs, your Melee Power is doubled during the hit. However, all other damage, e.g. from weapons, remain unaffected. If a critical hit is rolled, it overrides any chance the defender had of dodging, countering, or blocking, making the Critical Chance stat a good contributor to overall accuracy.

The Counter Chance stat is equivalent to the percentage chance you have as a defender to negate an enemy's melee attack and automatically make a free melee attack of your own. Although countering will negate damage in the exact same manner that dodging will, a dodge will take precedent over a counter if both are rolled at the same time, thereby causing the defender to lose his chance at a free attack. Counter is overridden by an attacker making a critical hit, and precludes blocking.

The ratio that determines how much your Magic Power stat contributes to your potency varies by spell. It applies not only to spells, but to spell-like effects, like the damage from traps, the secondary effects on projectile weapons, the special attacks from the Staves Skill, and the life-drain from Vampirism.

Haywire chance is your character's spell critical chance. Haywire chance may affect any magical abilities. For instance, vampirism is magic-based and might critically hit due to haywire. It is also possible to summon two monsters at once due to haywire. Per patch 1.0.4, vampirism and other non-spell abilities no longer trigger haywire. It was bugged in release 1.0.3, and only triggered on non-spell abilities.

The Magic Resistance stat is equivalent to the percentage chance you have as a defender to resist a spell or trap, taking a fraction of the damage.

The Armour Absorption stat works like a wildcard resistance, reducing the total damage you take from an attack featuring Slashing Damage, Crushing Damage, and/or Blasting Damage.

The Block Chance stat is equivalent to the percentage chance you have as a defender to block, taking a fraction of the damage from a melee attack that could have been partially mitigated with Armour Absorption. Critical hits cannot be blocked, and performing either a dodge or a counterattack precludes blocking.

The Dodge Chance stat is equivalent to the percentage chance you have as a defender to dodge an enemy attack, completely negating it. Critical hits cannot be dodged, and dodging an attack precludes blocking it. Dodge takes precedent over counterattacks, which means this stat may cause you to lose some opportunities at free retaliatory attacks. The likelihood of rolling a dodge is diminished by an attacker's EDR, listed below.

The Enemy Dodge Reduction stat, also known as EDR, is applied on every attack as a penalty to the enemy's Dodge Chance. Having a higher EDR than your opponent has Dodge Chance will make it impossible for them to dodge, but EDR has no effect on your opponent's capacity to counter or block.

Sneakiness will occasionally cause a monster not to notice you, causing it to wander randomly instead. Additionally when you walk over a trap, your sneakiness is used a chance that it will not activate.

The Visual Sight Radius stat contributes to how far away from your character you can see, at a rate of two tiles per point. At the baseline, 0, you can see five tiles in every direction. This stat can be reduced into the negatives by cursed equipment and debuffs, potentially making you totally oblivious to your surroundings. Monster Zoos carry a special effect that allow you to see every space in the room if even one falls within your sight radius. Spells can generally only be cast centered spaces that you can currently see, but projectiles can be fired blind.

Trap Sight Radius is equivalent to how many tiles away you can identify the presence of a trap or invisible monster. At the base value of 1, a character can only see a trap that is directly adjacent to her. Once the location of a trap has been identified, its appearance on the ground will remain under disarmed or sprung, but only a trap that is currently within the Trap Sight Radius can be identified on mouse-over.

Trap Affinity is compared to the level of a trap to determine your prospects of disarming it. If your Trap Affinity is less than the level of a trap, you will have a percent chance of disarming it, starting at 45% for a trap one level greater than your affinity, 40% for a trap two levels greater, and so forth. If your Trap Affinity is equal to the trap's level, you will spot it on the ground in full color and detail instead of as a faint outline, and you can disarm it without fail. If your Trap Affinity exceeds the trap's level, and the trap is not reliant on wall-mounted turrets to function, you can also pick it up. Because no trap has a level greater than 10, anything above 11 in this skill has no effect.

Wandcrafting Level determines which recipes you can use and the quality of output when crafting with an N-Dimensional lathe. Unlike most stats, Wandcrafting Level bonuses cannot be found on equipment. (some equipment can come with bonuses to the obsolete Wand Lore skill, which uses the same icon, but this has no effect on Wandcrafting Level)

Smithing Level determines which recipes you can use and the quality of output when crafting with a Smithing Kit or Ingot Press. Unlike most stats, Smithing Level bonuses cannot be found on equipment.

Alchemy Level determines which recipes you can use and the quality of output when crafting with a Alchemy Box or Porta-Still. Unlike most stats, Alchemy Level bonuses cannot be found on equipment.

Tinkering Level determines which recipes you can use and the quality of output when crafting with Tinkerer Parts or an Ingot Press. Unlike most stats, Tinkering Level bonuses cannot be found on equipment, with the one exception of Tinkerer's Goggles.

Any effect that increases or decreases the Life Points stat directly itself will affect both your maximum and current HP totals, which makes it possible to die from a buff wearing off. Any effect that increases or decreases Burliness or Caddishness, however, will only affect you maximum HP total, leaving your current HP unaffected.

The base health regeneration rate varies by difficulty; A character naturally regains one life per 5 steps on Elves Just Want to Have Fun, every 7 steps on Dwarvish Moderation, and every 13 steps on Going Rogue. Having a Health Regeneration Bonus equal to or greater than the base health regeneration rate does not further improve your rate of healing; the best possible rate is one health every one step. Vampires do not naturally regenerate health under any circumstances, making this stat irrelevant for characters with that skill.

Any effect that increases or decreases the Mana Points stat directly will affect both your maximum and current mana totals. Any effect that increases or decreases Sagacity, however, will affect only your maximum mana total, leaving your current mana unaffected.

The base mana regeneration rate varies by difficulty; A character naturally regains one mana per 5 steps on Elves Just Want to Have Fun, every 7 steps on Dwarvish Moderation, and every 8 steps on Going Rogue. Having a Mana Regeneration Bonus equal to or greater than the base mana regeneration rate does not further improve your rate of recharging; the best possible rate is one mana every one step.