Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - General Will a Dex/Speed based Melee character be viable?

It seems in most games you can be a warrior, ranger, or mage. I'd love to see a melee character based on dodging, quickness, and precision be viable in this game.

Yeah, I'm thinking about making the female character a dagger-user. If the attribute are set up like I propose here* a dagger user could be pretty synergized for a high critical rate.

* (if the "Lowers AP cost for" light/ranged weapons are switched to the opposite stat).

With current balancing, daggers/knives are the only short-range melee weapons that require dex instead of str, and they indeed are faster than most other weapons. If you'd then invest in speed, your character would be very good at dodging and could run a lot further with one action point than other chars.