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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7096405" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>A 5th level fighter with a +1 sword and an 18 strength has +8. I wouldn't call a 5th level anything close to highly competent. Competent sure. Not highly competent, though. A 10th level fighter with a +2 sword and 20 strength has +11. That's just +3 more than the 5th level fighter, and a huge portion of each is strength and a magic weapon. Not two things associated with competence of the individual. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More like because of the much smaller range of pluses in 5e. A 10th level PC should be highly competent, but the game only giving him +3 more than a 5th level PC sort of wrecks that.</p><p></p><p>Which in my opinion is all the more reason not to use passive scores. Passive scores make that much more powerful. There's no need to adjust the numbers if you get rid of passive scores and have them roll.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7096405, member: 23751"] A 5th level fighter with a +1 sword and an 18 strength has +8. I wouldn't call a 5th level anything close to highly competent. Competent sure. Not highly competent, though. A 10th level fighter with a +2 sword and 20 strength has +11. That's just +3 more than the 5th level fighter, and a huge portion of each is strength and a magic weapon. Not two things associated with competence of the individual. More like because of the much smaller range of pluses in 5e. A 10th level PC should be highly competent, but the game only giving him +3 more than a 5th level PC sort of wrecks that. Which in my opinion is all the more reason not to use passive scores. Passive scores make that much more powerful. There's no need to adjust the numbers if you get rid of passive scores and have them roll. [/QUOTE]
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