diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 3464a2c33e..260ebcd70f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ set(GAMESCRIPT
     mwscript/guiextensions.cpp
     mwscript/soundextensions.cpp
     mwscript/skyextensions.cpp
+    mwscript/statsextensions.cpp
     mwscript/extensions.cpp
     mwscript/globalscripts.cpp
     )
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ set(GAMESCRIPT_HEADER
     mwscript/guiextensions.hpp
     mwscript/soundextensions.hpp
     mwscript/skyextensions.hpp
+    mwscript/statsextensions.hpp
     mwscript/extensions.hpp
     mwscript/globalscripts.hpp
     )
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/stat.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/stat.hpp
index eb0e35bd96..e13c0aff29 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/stat.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/stat.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef GAME_MWMECHANICS_STAT_H
 #define GAME_MWMECHANICS_STAT_H
 
+#include <limits>
+
 namespace MWMechanics
 {
     template<typename T>
@@ -37,6 +39,26 @@ namespace MWMechanics
                 mModified += diff;
             }
             
+            /// Set modified value an adjust base accordingly.
+            void setModified (T value, const T& min, const T& max = std::numeric_limits<T>::max())
+            {
+                T diff = value - mModified;
+                
+                if (mBase+diff<min)
+                {
+                    value = min + (mModified - mBase);
+                    diff = value - mModified;
+                }
+                else if (mBase>max-diff)
+                {
+                    value = max + (mModified - mBase);
+                    diff = value - mModified;
+                }
+                
+                mModified = value;
+                mBase += diff;
+            }
+            
             /// Change modified relatively.
             void modify (const T& diff)
             {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/docs/vmformat.txt b/apps/openmw/mwscript/docs/vmformat.txt
index 6d78065b32..55b34f32da 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/docs/vmformat.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/docs/vmformat.txt
@@ -60,5 +60,11 @@ op 0x2000023: TurnMoonRed
 op 0x2000024: GetMasserPhase
 op 0x2000025: GetSecundaPhase
 op 0x2000026: COC
-opcodes 0x2000027-0x3ffffff unused
+op 0x2000027-0x200002e: GetAttribute
+op 0x200002f-0x2000036: GetAttribute, explicit reference
+op 0x2000037-0x200003e: SetAttribute
+op 0x200003f-0x2000046: SetAttribute, explicit reference
+op 0x2000047-0x200004e: ModAttribute
+op 0x200004f-0x2000056: ModAttribute, explicit reference
+opcodes 0x2000057-0x3ffffff unused
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
index 94f553b58e..3abaac58cb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "miscextensions.hpp"
 #include "guiextensions.hpp"
 #include "skyextensions.hpp"
+#include "statsextensions.hpp"
 
 namespace MWScript
 {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ namespace MWScript
         Gui::registerExtensions (extensions);
         Sound::registerExtensions (extensions);
         Sky::registerExtensions (extensions);
+        Stats::registerExtensions (extensions);
     }
     
     void installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter)
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ namespace MWScript
         Gui::installOpcodes (interpreter);
         Sound::installOpcodes (interpreter);
         Sky::installOpcodes (interpreter);
+        Stats::installOpcodes (interpreter);
     }    
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index cc9d5f33bd..f2dc57dd0e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace MWScript
     
     MWWorld::Ptr InterpreterContext::getReference()
     {
-        return mReference;
+        return getReference ("", true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd1f5eda69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+
+#include "statsextensions.hpp"
+
+#include <components/compiler/extensions.hpp>
+
+#include <components/interpreter/interpreter.hpp>
+#include <components/interpreter/runtime.hpp>
+#include <components/interpreter/opcodes.hpp>
+
+#include "interpretercontext.hpp"
+
+namespace MWScript
+{
+    namespace Stats
+    {
+        class OpGetAttribute : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpGetAttribute (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+                   
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value =
+                        context.getReference().getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        getModified();
+                        
+                    runtime.push (value);
+                } 
+        };  
+
+        class OpGetAttributeExplicit : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpGetAttributeExplicit (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+
+                    std::string id = runtime.getStringLiteral (runtime[0].mInteger);
+                    runtime.pop();
+                    
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value =
+                        context.getWorld().getPtr (id, false).getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        getModified();
+                        
+                    runtime.push (value);                        
+                } 
+        };  
+        
+        class OpSetAttribute : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpSetAttribute (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+                   
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value = runtime[0].mInteger;
+                    runtime.pop();
+                   
+                    context.getReference().getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        setModified (value, 0);
+                } 
+        };  
+
+        class OpSetAttributeExplicit : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpSetAttributeExplicit (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+
+                    std::string id = runtime.getStringLiteral (runtime[0].mInteger);
+                    runtime.pop();
+
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value = runtime[0].mInteger;
+                    runtime.pop();
+
+                    context.getWorld().getPtr (id, false).getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        setModified (value, 0);
+                } 
+        };
+           
+        class OpModAttribute : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpModAttribute (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+                   
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value = runtime[0].mInteger;
+                    runtime.pop();
+                    
+                    value += context.getReference().getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        getModified();
+                   
+                    context.getReference().getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        setModified (value, 0, 100);
+                } 
+        };  
+
+        class OpModAttributeExplicit : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+                int mIndex;
+                
+            public:
+ 
+                OpModAttributeExplicit (int index) : mIndex (index) {}
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+
+                    std::string id = runtime.getStringLiteral (runtime[0].mInteger);
+                    runtime.pop();
+
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer value = runtime[0].mInteger;
+                    runtime.pop();
+
+                    value +=
+                        context.getWorld().getPtr (id, false).getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        getModified();
+
+                    context.getWorld().getPtr (id, false).getCreatureStats().mAttributes[mIndex].
+                        setModified (value, 0, 100);                    
+                } 
+        };           
+                
+        const int numberOfAttributes = 8;
+
+        const int opcodeGetAttribute = 0x2000027;
+        const int opcodeGetAttributeExplicit = 0x200002f;
+        const int opcodeSetAttribute = 0x2000037;
+        const int opcodeSetAttributeExplicit = 0x200003f;
+        const int opcodeModAttribute = 0x2000047;
+        const int opcodeModAttributeExplicit = 0x200004f;
+        
+        void registerExtensions (Compiler::Extensions& extensions)
+        {
+            static const char *attributes[numberOfAttributes] =
+            {
+                "strength", "intelligence", "willpower", "agility", "speed", "endurance",
+                "personality", "luck"
+            };
+        
+            std::string get ("get");
+            std::string set ("set");
+            std::string mod ("mod");
+        
+            for (int i=0; i<numberOfAttributes; ++i)
+            {
+                extensions.registerFunction (get + attributes[i], 'l', "",
+                    opcodeGetAttribute+i, opcodeGetAttributeExplicit+i);
+
+                extensions.registerInstruction (set + attributes[i], "l",
+                    opcodeSetAttribute+i, opcodeSetAttributeExplicit+i);
+
+                extensions.registerInstruction (mod + attributes[i], "l",
+                    opcodeModAttribute+i, opcodeModAttributeExplicit+i);                    
+            }
+        }        
+        
+        void installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter)
+        {
+            for (int i=0; i<numberOfAttributes; ++i)
+            {
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeGetAttribute+i, new OpGetAttribute (i));
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeGetAttributeExplicit+i,
+                    new OpGetAttributeExplicit (i));
+                
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeSetAttribute+i, new OpSetAttribute (i));
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeSetAttributeExplicit+i,
+                    new OpSetAttributeExplicit (i));
+                
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeModAttribute+i, new OpModAttribute (i));
+                interpreter.installSegment5 (opcodeModAttributeExplicit+i,
+                    new OpModAttributeExplicit (i));
+            }
+        }        
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..372266d015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/statsextensions.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef GAME_SCRIPT_STATSEXTENSIONS_H
+#define GAME_SCRIPT_STATSEXTENSIONS_H
+
+namespace Compiler
+{
+    class Extensions;
+}
+
+namespace Interpreter
+{
+    class Interpreter;
+}
+
+namespace MWScript
+{
+    /// \brief stats-related script functionality (creatures and NPCs)
+    namespace Stats
+    {
+        void registerExtensions (Compiler::Extensions& extensions);
+        
+        void installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
index 5f8c938a33..44e480ab87 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
                 {
                     if (mPtr.type()==typeid (ESMS::LiveCellRef<ESM::Creature, RefData> *))
                     {
-                        boost::shared_ptr<MWMechanics::CreatureStats> stats;
-                        data.getCreatureStats() = stats;
+                        boost::shared_ptr<MWMechanics::CreatureStats> stats (
+                            new MWMechanics::CreatureStats);
                     
                         ESMS::LiveCellRef<ESM::Creature, RefData> *ref = get<ESM::Creature>();
                         
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ namespace MWWorld
                         stats->mAttributes[5].set (ref->base->data.endurance);
                         stats->mAttributes[6].set (ref->base->data.personality);
                         stats->mAttributes[7].set (ref->base->data.luck);
+
+                        data.getCreatureStats() = stats;
                     }
                     else if (mPtr.type()==typeid (ESMS::LiveCellRef<ESM::NPC, RefData> *))
                     {
-                        boost::shared_ptr<MWMechanics::CreatureStats> stats;
-                        data.getCreatureStats() = stats;
+                        boost::shared_ptr<MWMechanics::CreatureStats> stats (
+                            new MWMechanics::CreatureStats);
                     
                         ESMS::LiveCellRef<ESM::NPC, RefData> *ref = get<ESM::NPC>();
                         
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
                         stats->mAttributes[5].set (ref->base->npdt52.endurance);
                         stats->mAttributes[6].set (ref->base->npdt52.personality);
                         stats->mAttributes[7].set (ref->base->npdt52.luck);
+
+                        data.getCreatureStats() = stats;
                     }
                     else
                         throw std::runtime_error (