Planescape: Torment - Unofficial Guide - Introduction - Suggestions for Character Creation and Development

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Unofficial guide text for Planescape: Torment describing the author’s own step-by-step playthrough approach rather than a complete walkthrough. It explains that narrative conversation paths may not match on-screen dialogue verbatim and may be condensed, while key phrases are included to identify choices. The guide also provides character creation and development advice focused on distributing limited stat points, raising key attributes like wisdom and charisma, optimizing fighter leveling patterns, and leveraging specialization bonuses at key levels.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages479

Reading Time12 h 18 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Suggestions for Character Creation and Development

Specialization

Class Switching

Presents an Unofficial Guide to: Planescape: Torment By Samuel Brown Baker, II Brought to you by: Introduction This is not a complete walkthrough of Planescape: Torment. Short of playing the game several times as different classes, exhaustively going through every dialog path with every possible set of stats, spending months of time to do so, there’sno way to do that. This is how I played through the game, step by step. I won't even say it is the best way. I sometimes missed and forgot things and had to come back to them. So do what you want to do, play how you want to play. It's your game. The conversation paths that I took playing the game are presented here as a narrative and will not necessarily match the choices on screen or the responsesword for word and frequently differ in tense. They are also truncated and condensed where I could do so without spoiling the flow of the tale. However in every case where a conversational choice is made I included key phrases so that someone reading along could easily tell which path I followed. There are conversations that took place that I did not include because they offered no new information or experience, or were short and without branches. Planescape is the most amazing computer role-playing game I've ever had the pleasure of playing. In many respects I feel it is the first CRPG that is really worthy of the name. I found myself thinking about how I felt about people and actions in the course of play, being drawn further into the game and the persona of my character the longer I played. Planescape became a personal experience to me, as I suspect it has to most of those who have played the game. The characters seem real and players’actions seem real with consequences that make sense. If we are good or bad, choose to side with law or chaos it is because we come to feel that way as we work through the game and not because the designers force us. I've been playing computer games for nearly twenty years and Ps:T is perhaps the finest ©2000 All Rights Reserved game I've ever played of any type. I salute Interplay and Black Isle for their efforts. Sincerely, V’Ger Suggestions for Character Creation and Development There just aren't enough points to go around, so you'll have to make some tough decisions. If I were starting again I would raise my wisdom to 18 because of the large experience point bonus and the additional dialog options that open up. Nothing else is as clear. Putting your strength at 18 puts a fighter in a good spot for when they get to level 7. It takes 5 points, either through levels or in the creation screen to raise your strength from 18 to 18/00, but if you are a fighter when you first take a character to level 7, your strength will automatically move up to 19 from 18, essentially giving you 5 stat points for free. High strength will also let you bash in locked doors and containers that don't require a specific key. Putting so many points into strength and wisdom only leaves you 3 points for other stats. I put mine in intelligence and let constitution, dexterity, and charisma fend for themselves, but you might want to choose differently. A high charisma (14+) will let you succeed in certain dialog options, for example. Charisma is the least critical stat at the start because it can be raised once you become a mage by using the Friends spell and there are people and one faction that will boost it further, as well as tattoos available at Fell's Tattoo Parlor. Once I had the money I bought several charisma tattoos and put them on before bartering or talking to someone important. You do need a charisma of 14 or more to get Stale Mary todo something for you in the Dead Nations, which I passed by. ©2000 All Rights Reserved Whatever way appeals to you: fighter, thief or mage you should level up as a fighter first for every level except the 7th and then change to a thief after youreach level 9 as a fighter to reach level 10 as a thief. This will

FAQs

Is this guide a complete walkthrough of Planescape: Torment?

No. It is not a complete walkthrough, and it reflects the author’s personal route rather than every possible dialogue, statistic, or branch.

What character creation change does the author recommend for better progression?

Raise wisdom to 18 if starting again, citing experience point bonuses and additional dialogue options that open up.

How should the author approach leveling to maximize hit points?

Level as a fighter first for every level except the 7th, then switch to a thief after reaching level 9 as a fighter to reach level 10 as a thief.

How does class switching work in the game according to the guide?

To become a mage, talk to Mebbeth in Ragpicker’s Square; Ratbone can train you as a thief. After being trained, switching between classes is done by talking to Dak'kon and Annah, and it can be done even during combat.

Oct 6, 2026

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