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<blockquote data-quote="BookBarbarian" data-source="post: 7060971" data-attributes="member: 6802553"><p>Nope. My Primary was often not a 20.</p><p></p><p>I've played Barbarians that never had higher than an 18 or 16 in strength. Spending my low level ASIs on things like Great Weapon Master, and Polearm Master were more important for me when my character was all about increasing damage. And Shield Master or Tavern Brawler when my character was more about Locking a monsters down with shoves or grapples. And since the game never made it to high levels I never got it to a 20, even though my party mates had maxed there primary ability score.</p><p></p><p>Leaving Strength at 16 and increasing Con and then Dex when I wanted to play an Unarmored barbarian was way more fun than maxing the Primary.</p><p></p><p>I've played two handed weapon Rangers with only a 14 or 16 in Strength and only a 14 in Dex and Wisdom. I never came close to having a 20.</p><p></p><p>I did not have to have a 20 in the primary stat to have a fun time. My group did not require me to have a 20 either, even though some of them had 20 themselves. </p><p></p><p>But just because Maxing my main stat wasn't important to me for those characters doesn't mean I want to limit everyone else to have fun my way. To some increasing their Attack and Damage as they level up is an important part of the game. It's even sometimes important to me on other characters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BookBarbarian, post: 7060971, member: 6802553"] Nope. My Primary was often not a 20. I've played Barbarians that never had higher than an 18 or 16 in strength. Spending my low level ASIs on things like Great Weapon Master, and Polearm Master were more important for me when my character was all about increasing damage. And Shield Master or Tavern Brawler when my character was more about Locking a monsters down with shoves or grapples. And since the game never made it to high levels I never got it to a 20, even though my party mates had maxed there primary ability score. Leaving Strength at 16 and increasing Con and then Dex when I wanted to play an Unarmored barbarian was way more fun than maxing the Primary. I've played two handed weapon Rangers with only a 14 or 16 in Strength and only a 14 in Dex and Wisdom. I never came close to having a 20. I did not have to have a 20 in the primary stat to have a fun time. My group did not require me to have a 20 either, even though some of them had 20 themselves. But just because Maxing my main stat wasn't important to me for those characters doesn't mean I want to limit everyone else to have fun my way. To some increasing their Attack and Damage as they level up is an important part of the game. It's even sometimes important to me on other characters. [/QUOTE]
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