Playing PST for the first time. Any advice?

[Ramnozack]

I'm finally getting around to playing PlaneEscape: Torment, any advice for me? What stats should I have and shit like that? No story spoilers you bastards

 

[King Crispy]

High WIS gives xp bonuses as well as opening up more dialog choices.

Other than that, play it like you want to. Even if you die, don't re-load. It's all part of the experience.

 

[Xamenos]

Mental stats are more important than physical. Wisdom especially if you want to get the good dialogue options. You start as a fighter, but you'll find trainers somewhat early on that let you change your class to rogue or mage. Other than that, standard RPG advice applies: Explore everything, talk to everyone, do all quests, etc.

Even if you die, don't re-load.

Also this. Pretty important.

 

[Butter]

Either go all physical or all mental. If you play a hybrid, you won't be able to skip all the combats and they'll be harder than they need to be.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Any advice?

You're going to ruin your experience by asking for advice, you should play RPGs blind the first time.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

The only advice for playing Planescape: Torment is to avoid all advice.

 

[barghwata]

I highly recommend you play with high WIS, INT and maybe even some charisma in your first run to get the full experience, because without them you will be missing out on alot of story elements and memories and whatnot; most other stats are completely irrelevant because combat is dogshit and your companions can handle it anyways.

 

[Erebus]

I'm finally getting around to playing PlaneEscape: Torment, any advice for me? What stats should I have and shit like that? No story spoilers you bastards

Max mental stats and try to become a wizard as soon as you can.

 

[Ramnozack]

Recovered a memory of me sewing up some zombie with a 42 on its head, where the hell is this thing? Got the embalming key for the disguised zombie dude too, but want to see what I can use it for first.

 

[Xamenos]

Recovered a memory of me sewing up some zombie with a 42 on its head, where the hell is this thing? Got the embalming key for the disguised zombie dude too, but want to see what I can use it for first.

Good things come to those who explore. Didn't you say you don't want spoilers anyway?

 

[Lilura]

It's best played as a hack and slash game, like IWD.

Get a big ass axe, grandmastery and 25 Strength, and start slaying the trash-text NPCs.

Fun!

 

[Agesilaus]

I'm finally getting around to playing PlaneEscape: Torment, any advice for me? What stats should I have and shit like that? No story spoilers you bastards

Uninstall it and go play a good crpg like Battletech: Crescent Hawk's Inception.

 

[Vladimuar]

Don't waste your time on overrated pretentious crap.

 

[Nortar]

Don't trust the skull!

 

[Lurker47]

Don't expect to have fun.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Pace yourself or you'll never finish reading it.

 

[Sykar]

Update your journal.

 

[overly excitable young man]

Different combinations of letters form different "words" alltogether.
As letters also are attributed to certain sounds of your tongue you connect the look and the sound of these "words" to mental images.
Suddenly the letters are translated into weird little stories in your head.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Don't open it.

 

[DraQ]

Don't waste your time on overrated pretentious crap.

So when are you leaving the Codex?
Or is it one of those "Do as I say, not as I do" things?

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Play as a Mage. Check the barrels and stuff with Tab, especially in the dungeons (the most powerful artifact in the game, meteor ring, is lying somewhere in the trash bin!).
Don't sell anyone into slavery. Allow to vivisect yourself when the time comes.
Explore all the side-quests, they are relevant to the main plot.
While in Sigil, save and play with Lady's doll. Join Sensates faction.
Solve the Modron Cube when you obtain it. You can totally miss it. Dakkon's tablet could be solved too.
You can (and probably will) just run through Baator without fighting with the most mobile character, because PST allow the travel without gathering all the party. Combat in PST is awful and disbalanced, nobody will shame you for it.
Don't kill the final boss, use any of the (four I think?) ways to dialogue him into the ending or you'll miss the most memorable scene of the game.
Play BG 2/Throne of Baal immediately after the end and you'll find funny references.

Cheers.

 

[Sykar]

Don't open it.

Wrong game

 

[Ol' Willy]

Max WIS and CON. WIS gives you more XP, memories and dialogue choices, CON is good for fast regeneration. Level up as a fighter, gain some combat stats and proficiency in daggers, then switch to mage and keep playing as one. Mages have best equipment available and more quests, but limited to daggers. On lower difficulties (is there a reason to play PST on higher ones?) with high CON and good AC you can become absolutely unkillable even solo.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Don't open it.

Wrong game

He doesn't know that, does he.

 

[Lilura]

with high CON and good AC you can become absolutely unkillable even solo.

Except TNO can't AC-lord. And even heavily embalmed, he gets ripped apart by mobs. If by unkillable you mean running away to the exits with mobs hot on your heels and mad as hell, or quaffing stackable charms, then ofc, Captain Obvious.

Argue with an authoritative source if you can. Here are the NUMBAZ.