+stat items count toward skill reqs

[Stossel]

I was wearing a ring of constitution +4 and w/ about 15 base con and I was able to put a skill point into Health when the req is 17. Is this intended?

[Frumple]

It's working as implemented, anyway, dunno 'bout intended. Stat boosting skills (Inner Power) do the same thing. S'bloody helpful, honestly. Not as much trouble hitting stat reqs for certain skills.

[Zonk]

There's also a problem with +stat talents(like the Ghoul/Skeleton ones)interfering with how you can spend stat points at level up, since there is a limit on that...perhaps that limit should be based on base stats, not including bonuses from talents & equipment?

[Final Master]

As much as I really find it cheesey, I think it is a bit necessary to let stat boosting equipment and talents effect required stats for the various items and talents.

[Zonk]

One way to 'fix' this: let the +stat from equip count for buying the talent BUT if your stats go below the requirement(say you remove the equip), talent becomes unusuable.

A bit hard to code for passives, though.

[Zop]

I'd like to double check myself, but it seems you can also wear armor/weapons if you had the boosted stats before removing the +stat items.

[Grey]

You definitely can - I've abused this in the past.

In general I do think that talents and equipment with stat requirements should only check the base. But then I don't think the base gets displayed anywhere, does it? Would be nice to see on the character screen both current and base stats.

[Repton]

You could make it so items de-equip themselves if your stats change and you can't support them any more..