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I feel like there is a problem with ability score bonuses.
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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7278055" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>If a game is designed in such a way that higher scores mean character more successful at doing their job, it's pretty obvious that every player looks forward to getting such scores as high as possible...</p><p></p><p>If you don't like that, there actually is a character generation method that prevents it: <em>roll ability scores in order</em>, after choosing your class. That's very brutal, so you can allow some limited adjustments to avoid extremely low scores.</p><p></p><p>That said, I played an Int 8 Wizard and she was fine. For spellcasters, their primary stat is essential for offensive spells (affects DC and attack bonus), but not every spellcaster needs to be offensive. There are even a few occasional offensive spells that are unaffected by your primary stat (e.g. <em>Sleep</em>). The other problem is the small number of prepared spells, and this can be really bad at low levels; it becomes less of a problem as your level increases, and it is also mitigated by domain spells, wizard rituals and land druid spells. The spellcasting stat doesn't affect your known spells or daily slots.</p><p></p><p>But if you want your PC to make weapon attacks it's true that you either need Str or Dex.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7278055, member: 1465"] If a game is designed in such a way that higher scores mean character more successful at doing their job, it's pretty obvious that every player looks forward to getting such scores as high as possible... If you don't like that, there actually is a character generation method that prevents it: [I]roll ability scores in order[/I], after choosing your class. That's very brutal, so you can allow some limited adjustments to avoid extremely low scores. That said, I played an Int 8 Wizard and she was fine. For spellcasters, their primary stat is essential for offensive spells (affects DC and attack bonus), but not every spellcaster needs to be offensive. There are even a few occasional offensive spells that are unaffected by your primary stat (e.g. [I]Sleep[/I]). The other problem is the small number of prepared spells, and this can be really bad at low levels; it becomes less of a problem as your level increases, and it is also mitigated by domain spells, wizard rituals and land druid spells. The spellcasting stat doesn't affect your known spells or daily slots. But if you want your PC to make weapon attacks it's true that you either need Str or Dex. [/QUOTE]
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