The basic idea with wisdom 8 builds revolves around timing your saves and positioning carefully during dialogues. Your character tends to miss subtle environmental details, so watch for the faint glow around objects that signals hidden items or secrets since passive perception gets really unreliable. During conversations, charm attempts show a distinct rippling effect before taking hold - immediately move your character back or trigger a saving throw ability if you have one to counter it. Important detail about mind flayer encounters, they telegraph psychic attacks with a purple flash so keep distance around 40 feet when possible, and save your reaction abilities for those moments.

Most critical windows come during companion dialogues when insight checks pop up, especially with shadowheart and jaheira who can spot through deceptions. If you're running solo, maybe interesting to know that equipping a ring of mind-shielding right before major story beats helps compensate for failed saves. The game doesn't lock you out of content with low wisdom but you'll need to adapt your approach, watching for visual cues more than relying on automatic detection and keeping saves ready for those high-difficulty charm effects that dragons love using in the later acts.