Dexterity

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Agility, reflexes, and balance.

Dexterity is an ability score and a key ability of Rogues, Rangers, Monks, and other wielders of finesse weapons.

Dexterity affects your Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth skills, as well as your attack rolls for ranged weapons and finesse weapons. It also affects your Initiative and Armour Class.

Dexterity modifier chart

Baldur's Gate 3 uses the Point Buy ruleset.

Ability score modifier chart

Ability score	Modifier value		Ability score	Modifier value
1	-5		16-17	+3
2-3	-4		18-19	+4
4-5	-3		20-21	+5
6-7	-2		22-23	+6
8-9	-1		24-25	+7
10-11	+0		26-27	+8
12-13	+1		28-29	+9
14-15	+2		30	+10

Related items

Sets Dexterity

• Gloves of Dexterity: sets Dexterity to 18

Increases Dexterity

• The Graceful Cloth Increases Dexterity by +2 (up to 20), grants Advantage to Dexterity check.
• Nimblefinger Gloves: +2 Dexterity for gnomes, +1 dexterity for halflings and dwarves. No limit.

Saving throws

The following items add a +1 to Dexterity saving throws:

• Frayed Drow Hood
• Leather Helmet
• Hedge Wanderer Armour
• Hide Armour +1
• Covert Cowl
• Helmet of Arcane Acuity
• Breastplate +2
• Chain Shirt +2
• Hide Armour +2
• Leather Armour +2
• Slinging Shoes
• Helmet of Grit
• Boots of Persistence
• Boots of Psionic Movement

The following items give advantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Elven Chain
• Acrobat Shoes
• Ketheric's Shield

The following item gives disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Reaper's Embrace

Ability checks

The following items grant the passive feature Balance, which gives a +1 to Dexterity ability checks:

Hedge Wanderer Armour

Hide Armour +1

Breastplate +2

Chain Shirt +2

Hide Armour +2

Leather Armour +2

Exotic Material

The following pieces of medium armour let you add your full Dexterity modifier to your Armour Class through the passive Exotic Material:

• Sharpened Snare Cuirass
• Yuan-Ti Scale Mail
• Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail
• Armour of Agility