From Vanguard WikiSpheres
Your character's attributes determine how well you perform various actions in the world of Telon and may also affect other statistics associated with your character (e.g., maximum hit points). Adventuring attributes effect how well you perform various physical and magical actions, such as, improving the quaility of a product or countering a complication with the process.
- Strength
- Strength controls the amount of melee damage you are able to do, as well as how much weight you can carry before becoming encumbered.
- Constitution
- Constitution affects your hit points as well as increasing your resistances.
- Dexterity
- Dexterity affects how often you perform melee critical hits; it also affects your chance to defend yourself with such skills as block, parry, and dodge, as well as, evade attacks and resist incoming offensive spells.
- Vitality
- Vitality affects your in-combat health and energy regeneration, and your movement speed. It also affects your healing effectiveness
- Intelligence
- Intelligence is an important attribute for spell casters. It affects the damage your spells will do. It also affects your ability to identify and counter spells, as well as, makes your spells harder to counter.
- For all classes, intelligence affects your ability to recognize enemy tactics and to detect stealthed and invisible mobs. It also effects your ability to perceive opponent maneuvers in combat.
- Wisdom
- Wisdom affects how often you perform spell critical hits, as well as, the size of your energy pool. Similar to intelligence, wisdom increases your chances at identifying incoming spells and recognizing tactics of your opponents, as well as countering spells.