Spacemutiny: I have a strange question about some of the old Dungeons and Dragons games, such as the Gold Box series and dungeon crawlers. I recently got them working with DOS Box.

When I go to create a character for my party, there are the typical attributes such as strength, dexterity etc. But the game seems to allow me to raise these as high as I want. Sometimes in RPGs you can raise certain stats very high, but others need to be lowered first. But no such thing here. I can just raise all the states to high numbers.

Is there a penalty to doing this that I'm not seeing? Was the game made harder based on your stats? I'm confused about the balance this brings to the game.

Thanks!

Anthony

PetrusOctavianus: There is a penalty in the first game - Pool of Radiance. The higher your characters' stats, the more enemies you'll face.
The games are more fun without maxed characters. What's the joy of finding a pair of Gauntlets of Ogre Strength if all your warriors already have Ogre Strength?

PetrusOctavianus: There is a penalty in the first game - Pool of Radiance. The higher your characters' stats, the more enemies you'll face.

PetrusOctavianus: There is a penalty in the first game - Pool of Radiance. The higher your characters' stats, the more enemies you'll face.