Stats and classes

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At the beginning of the game we can choose from several starting classes, differing in statistics and gear. During the gameplay it is possible to change your character development, so do not pay so much attention to your initial choices.

	What stats affect?
Vitality	Increases maximum Health points.
Attunement	Increases amount of Spell slots.
Endurance	Increases Stamina, Equip Burden, physical defense and resistance to Bleeding.
Strength	Required to wield some weapons. Increases Attack Power for some weapons.
Dexterity	Required to wield some weapons. Increases Attack Power for some weapons.
Resistance	Increases physical and flame defense and resistance to poison.
Intelligence	Required to wield some weapons. Increases Sorcery Power.
Faith	Required to wield some weapons. Increases Miracle Power.
Humanity	Increases probability of discovering items and curse resistance. You'll find more about this stat in a section about why you should play as human.

As mentioned before, the choice of a class doesn't really matter. Therefore the best choice is a character: Wanderer. Why? Because you'll start the game on 3rd experience level but get same number of points in stats as other characters. This means that first stats can be cheaper to improve.