Quote Originally Posted by Ametrine View Post
Not really. While most people will min-max, it does give you another option on tailoring your character, like giving you Paladin some piety for more mana, or your Black Mage some vitality for more HP.

And you really have to mess with the bonuses when you level Arcanist.

Bolded part.. Actually you don't.. just dump it all in Int and maybe 2-4 points in vit and you will be fine.