How important is balance skill?

[Bolo_Grubb]

For a low int fighter who has limited skill points? If I leave my int at 8 I get 2 skill points to spend (human fighter) My first priority would be Intimidate and heal I would think

[Visty]

dont put points into heal, its one of hte most useless skills in game

put 1 into intimidate and 1 into balance each level, it is important

[abull74]

Balance directly effects how long you stay on your a$$ when you get knocked down. So, the faster you get up(the higher you balance skill), the less of a beating you take.

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[vVAnjilaVv]

And balance is especially important in situations where u may want to go S&B....Heavy Full Plate + Tower Shield equals huge penalty to physical skills.

[Bolo_Grubb]

dont put points into heal, its one of hte most useless skills in game

put 1 into intimidate and 1 into balance each level, it is important

ok so I should ignore "heal skill" then.

I was not aware that heal skill was useless.

Thank you

[DireWolverine]

Heal isn't useless, per se... it's just that Balance is so much more important. The Heal skill does two things for you:

1) It increases the number of hitpoints you get back for resting at a shrine... but only one member of the party has to have a high Heal skill and be nearby while you're resting to get the boost.
2) It improves your chances of stabilizing a dying teammate. However, it's generally better to carry a Cure or Aid clicky to use on such people since it doesn't require a roll, as any healing automatically stabilizes them (assuming it doesn't get them on their feet).

Since those two things are usually easy to mitigate against, Heal is really a low-priority skill for anyone.