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Dexterity

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Dexterity is one of the six basic stats of DDO.

Dexterity (DEX)

Dexterity measures hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes, and balance. This ability is the most important one for rogues, but it’s also high on the list for Player Characters who typically wear light armor (rangers and barbarians), medium armor (barbarians), or no armor at all (monks, wizards, and sorcerers), and for anyone who wants to be a skilled archer.

You apply your Player Character’s Dexterity modifier to:

Dexterity for Attack and Damage[edit]

You can apply your Dexterity modifier to your melee attack rolls and/or damage rolls through the use of:

  • Weapon Finesse general feat (attack rolls only)
  • Swashbuckler Tier 3 enhancement: Different Tack (damage rolls only)
  • Ninja Spy Core 1 and Core 2 enhancements: Basic Ninja Training and Advanced Ninja Training (both, while centered)
  • Tempest Core 2 and Core 3 enhancements: Tempest and Graceful Death (both, when dual wielding light weapons)
  • Assassin Core 1 and Core 2 enhancements: Knife in the Darkness and Dagger in the Back (both, but daggers and kukris only)
  • Thief-Acrobat Core 1 and Core 2 enhancements: Staff Control and Stick Fighting (both, but only with Staves)
  • Deepwood Stalker Tier 2 Enhancement: Improved Weapon Finesse (damage rolls only, check restrictions)
  • Elf and Morninglord Tier 4 enhancement: Grace (damage rolls only, and only with specific racial weapons)
  • Wood Elf Tier 4 enhancement: Forest's Finesse (damage rolls only, and only with specific racial weapons)
  • Tabaxi Core 1 and Tier 3 enhancements: Nimble Cat I and Improved Nimble Cat (both, same list of weapons affected by Weapon Finesse)
  • Named Weapons with the Finesse attribute will also allow you to use your Dexterity Modifier, such as Item:Zephyr or Item:Treason. They are rare, however.

You can apply your Dexterity Modifier to your ranged damage rolls through the use of:

  • Deepwood Stalker Tier 2 Enhancement: Improved Weapon Finesse (throwing Weapons only)
  • Halfling Tier 3 Enhancement - Skillful Thrower (throwing Weapons only)
  • Note: Dexterity is added to the damage of short bows and long bows by default.

Feat Prerequisites[edit]

The following Feats have a minimum Dexterity Requirement:

Note: Feat Pre-reqs Only take into account the following bonuses:

  • Base Stat value at Character Creation
  • Level-Up stat point raises
  • Inherent Bonuses from Ability tomes

Raising Dexterity Scores[edit]

You can raise your Dexterity score from different sources, among them:

Base[edit]

  • During character creation, you can add up to 10 points to your basic Dexterity score, which means:
  • At the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 24th, and 28th, you are allowed to raise a single ability by 1 point.
  • The Stat point raises are often referred to as "level-ups". These increases count towards Feat Pre-requisites.

Inherent bonus[edit]

Inherent bonuses stack with all other bonuses and also count towards Feat Pre-requisites.

  • A Manual of Quickness in Action will raise the Dexterity score by the appropriate value. For more information, refer to Tomes. These bonuses will show on your character sheet in the Feat section.

Feat bonus[edit]

Unless noted otherwise, Feat Bonuses stack with each other and other sources of bonuses.

  • Class Feats
    • Monk Air Stance provides a +2/+3/+4 Bonus to Dexterity when centered and in Air Stance.
    • Inspire Excellence Epic Feat provides Bard Song that gives +2 Competence Bonus to All Statistics. Does not stack with other Competence bonus.
  • Patron Enhancements
    • Harper Enhancement - Dexterity - Provides +1 Dexterity in Core 2 and 4 and at Tier 3 and Tier 4.
  • Epic Destiny Enhancements -
    • Primal Avatar Spirit Boon - +2 primal bonus to Dexterity. Tier 2 Enhancement. Will not stack with other Primal Bonuses.
    • Fatesinger Glitter of Fame - Provides a +1 bonus to all ability scores. Core 3 Enhancement.
    • Fatesinger Martial Resonance - Provides a +1 bonus to Dexterity. Tier 4 Enhancement.
    • Shiradi Champion Audience with the Queen Can provide Pleasure of the Queen for a +4 Royal Bonus to Statistics or Joy of the Queen - Love for a +10 Royal Bonus. 5 minute duration.

Items[edit]

Unless noted otherwise, bonuses within a single category do not stack.

  • Enhancement Bonus
    • Random Loot Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 - +17.
    • Named Loot Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 to +15.
    • Cannith Crafting Items may come with the enhancement bonus of +1 - +15.
    • Slave Lords Crafting Items may come with an enhancement bonus of +5(heroic) or +17(Legendary) in the Prefix (Blue) Slot.
    • Colorless Augment Slots can be slotted with a Dexterity augment with an enhancement bonus of +1 - +8
  • Artifact bonus
    • Set bonuses Slave Lord's Might Set provides +1 Artifact Bonus (Heroic 5 Piece Set) and +2 Artifact Bonus (Legendary 5 Piece Set)

Named weapons that use Dexterity for attack/damage[edit]

Name ML Type Attack mod Damage mod
Chieftain's Spear 4 Quarterstaff STR, DEX STR, DEX
Sky Pirate's Dagger 4 Dagger STR, DEX STR, DEX
Staff of Nat Gann 4 Quarterstaff STR, DEX STR, DEX
Tiefling Assassin's Blade 4 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Midnight Greetings 5 Kukri STR, DEX STR, DEX
Onyxhorn 6 Dagger STR, DEX STR
Blade of the Clouds 6 Short Sword STR, DEX STR
Flint 10 Dagger STR, DEX STR, DEX
Whirlwind 10 Great Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Zephyr 10 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Axe of the Unseen Blow 14 Hand Axe STR, DEX STR
Breeze 14 Quarterstaff DEX DEX
Treason 14 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Envenomed Blade 16 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Epic Envenomed Blade 20 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Epic Midnight Greetings 20 Kukri STR, DEX STR, DEX
Epic Staff of Nat Gann 20 Quarterstaff STR, DEX STR, DEX
Epic Zephyr 20 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Rebellion 25 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Legendary Blade of the Clouds 27 Short Sword STR, DEX STR
Legendary Midnight Greetings 30 Kukri STR, DEX STR, DEX
Legendary Staff of Nat Gann 30 Quarterstaff STR, DEX STR, DEX
Legendary Envenomed Blade 30 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX
Legendary Zephyr 30 Short Sword STR, DEX STR, DEX

Spells[edit]

Bonuses from spells will not stack with bonuses of the same type from other sources

  • Enhancement Bonus
    • Cat's Grace - Provides a +4 Enhancement Bonus to Dexterity

Temporary bonuses[edit]

Unless otherwise noted, Temporary bonuses will not stack with bonuses of the same type from other sources.

  • Stacking bonuses - These bonuses are all temporary and seem to be Untyped and stack with all other sources
    • Yugo Pot bonus - The Yugoloth Favor Potion, Essences of Betrayal, adds a +2 bonus to Dexterity for 15 minutes.
    • Long Lasting Elixir of Cat's Grace - Found in the DDO Store or the Monster Hunter Vendor, provides a +2 bonus to Dexterity.

Theoretical maximum[edit]

The theoretical maximum for Dexterity is 152 Dexterity race Fighter 12/ Monk 8.

The Breakdown is as follows: Base and feat

  • 20 Base (Spend 10 build points to get max possible for Race)
  • +8 Level-up
  • +8 Tome
  • +5 Racial PL Feats for Eladrin, Elf, Halfling, Shifter and Tabaxi
  • +2 Racial Completionist
  • +2 Completionist Feat
  • +4 Epic Feat (Great Ability x4)

Item

Filigree

  • +10 Weapon (10 slots: 2 +2 raid and 6 +1 dexterity)
  • +7 Weapon (5 slots: 2 +2 raid and 3 +1 dexterity)

Enhancement

  • +10 from Kensai (23 AP, Power Surge +8 Dexterity, Tier 3 & 4 Dexterity +2)
  • +2 from Monk Enhancement (22 AP, Tier 3 & 4 Dexterity +2)
  • +4 Harper Enhancement (24 AP, Core 2 & 4, Tier 3 & 4 Dexterity +4)

Epic Destiny

  • +2 Primal Avatar Spirit Boon - +2 Primal bonus
  • +2 Fatesinger Glitter of Fame: +1 to all ability scores and saves, Martial Resonance: +1 to Strength, Dexterity and Constitution

Stance

  • +4 from Monk Air Stance

Sustaining Buff

  • +2 Competence (Bard Inspire Excellence song)
  • +2 Yugoloth Potion
  • +2 Guild Airship Buffs
  • +2 DDO Store/Remnants Potion
  • +4 Fury of the Wild Primal Scream - Morale bonus to Strength, Dexterity and Constitution for 5 minutes

Temporary Buff

  • +4 Alchemical Bonus from Tenser's Transformation
  • +3 Legendary Dreadnought Push Through The Line: Activating an Action Boost grants +1/2/3 to all Ability Scores for its duration.
  • +4 Madstone Boots Clicky effect
  • +4 Madstone Boots on hit effect they stack - not sustainable for numbers only
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