Your attributes determine the strength of your character. Your innate stats like health, damage and speed. There are currently 3 attributes in the game.
Dexterity
Increases the priority of your turn.
Increases your chance to hit.
Increases the enemies chance to miss you.
->Wearing light armor usually increases dexterity.
Power
Increases the effectiveness of your attacks, both physical and magical.
Vitality
Increases health.
Skills linked to attributes
Each attribute has several skills linked to it. This means that if you increase the skill, the attribute it corresponds with will increase as well. This can be seen in the numbers between brackets after each attribute.
Dexterity
Combat Tactics
Close Combat
Swordsmanship
Spirit Control
Magic Resist
Provocation
Scavenger
Silent Discipline
Magic Focus
Mace Fighting
Holy Wisdom
Fury Control
Frost Dominance
Fire Dominance
Dodging
Dark Knowledge
Power
Anatomy
Blocking
Defense
Concentration
Parrying
Vitality
Restoration
First Aid
Endurance
Survival