STATS STATISTICS STR INT WIS DEX CON LUCK LCK

STATS

* Strength determines how much you can carry and how hard you hit
  and has small impact on resistance to afflictive magics.
* Intelligence determines how much you can learn with one practice,
  how quickly your learn skills from their use, as well as how much 
  mana you gain per level.  High intelligence grants bonus to resist
  mental spells.
* Wisdom determines how many practices you gain per level, how quickly
  you learn skills from their use, and also aids in mana gain.
  It also plays a large part in helping you spot and defuse traps.
* Dexterity determines how well you fight and evade attacks and plays 
  a part in how well some skills work.
* Constitution determines how many hit points you gain per level and how
  healthy you are as well as aids in defense aganist maledictive magics.  
  You lose a con upon every 5th death. (See 'help death')

See also MALEDICTIVE, MENTAL, AFFLICTIVE, SCORE