How badly do I gimp myself?

[Rudedawg14]

From what I understand if I do not take the +1 tomb for int at lvl 3 it makes a pretty big difference in available skill points for the life of my character.

I was going to take the plus 2 at level 7.

Will this make up for the fact that I didn't take the plus one?

Or am I already behind?

Thanks.

[Tumarek]

You only get more skill points if your int score is an even number after you take the tome... so if you int is at 12 before the tomb the +1 is wasted, if your int would be 13 before tomb the +2 is wasted.

Basicly you should know what skills you want as you build and plan in tombs before creating

[MithrilSoul]

From what I understand if I do not take the +1 tomb for int at lvl 3 it makes a pretty big difference in available skill points for the life of my character.

I was going to take the plus 2 at level 7.

Will this make up for the fact that I didn't take the plus one?

Or am I already behind?

Thanks.

It's either one or the other. If your INT at creation was an odd number, then all you EVER need is a +1 tome as a +2 will never do anything for you. (Of course a +3 would be gravy, but that is way down the road in your future if ever.) If your INT at creation was an even number, then a +1 tome is worthless only the +2 will help.

EDIT: Before anyone jumps down my throat regarding "worthless," I am speaking merely from the standpoint of getting additional skill points, which is what I got the sense the OP was most concerned about. Obviously there are other in-game benefits to adding INT, which could be more or less important depending upon one's class.

[sirgog]

Except for rare builds, the skill point difference will be miniscule.

The builds hurt most by not having early access to Int tomes are those that are mostly melee-class levels with low skill points (like Paladin and Fighter) that want Intimidate and/or UMD, or trapsmithing, or both.

[Phidius]

Like MithrilSoul said, except one additional scenario...

If you are putting every level up into Int (say, a wizard), use both the +1 and the +2 (and +3, +4, etc...) as soon as you can.

[Eladiun]

For a very very very long time even +1 tomes were rare and builds got on fine without them. It would be difficult to completely gimp yourself by not using one.

[Ashurr]

There ya go, one "+1 tomb"