D&D 5E "I have a 45 Strenght!"

[Queer Venger]

With the fan creation for Grazz't (absolutely excellent), I am wondering if 30 is the upper limit for any ability score?
Maybe (or not) WotC plans on a release covering heroes above 20th level, and ability scores higher than this limit will be covered. Or maybe the MM2 (or Deities & Demigods)?

Curious to know if anyone has made a fan created chart covering stats above 30?

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

It's easy enough to extend the scale; the question is whether we should. Having not seem the MM yet, I don't know what the upper limits are, and you don't want to inadvertantly break the bounded accuracy design of 5E.

 

[Crothian]

I really hope 30 is a hard cap. I was hoping 20 was and they already broke that.

 

[steeldragons]

I certainly hope not.

30 as a hard cap for super-supernatural creatures (titans, uber dragons, deities, terrasque, etc...) seems perfectly fine.

The ability is not, somehow, a "better ability" just because it is a higher. I mean, yes, technically, it is...that's kinda how abilities work, but I mean, a line's gotta be drawn or no number has any meaning [if we can just continue into infinity]... things are not "kewler" just because a higher number is attached to it.

Drawing the line for "this is the strongest, smartest, wisest, most dexterous, etc etc... that exists in the universe" at 30 is sufficiently "wow."

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

We have two editions where epic is just an excuse for high numbers in the character sheet. I hope it's different this time around.

 

[aramis erak]

We have two editions where epic is just an excuse for high numbers in the character sheet. I hope it's different this time around.

2 editions?

I think back to some of the AD&D stuff, and people pushing for high numbers on the sheet as "epic monsters" even then.

I also think the use of Legendary and Lair actions can add a lot of "epic feel" without high numbers.

 

[WarHawke]

How can you get past 30? Every time you raise an attribute, the rules say up to 20.

 

[doctorhook]

How can you get past 30? Every time you raise an attribute, the rules say up to 20.

You can't. (*Unless you're a level 20 Barbarian, in which case you get a special exception.) Gods and the most powerful of monsters can go up to 30.

 

[Vic Ferrari]

The problem for 4th Ed math for me, was it seemed that if you were a 1st level character fighting 1st level monsters, at 25th level fighting 25th level monsters, you still needed the same raw roll on a d20, so, I became disillusioned.

I also became disillusioned with 3rd Ed (no caps, natural 20 needing to hit, natural 1 needing to fail, a lot), leading me to 4th Ed, to once again become, yeah.

I like that in 5th Ed a hundred angry armed dudes is a problem, regardless of CR/HD/Level.

 

[Crothian]

We have two editions where epic is just an excuse for high numbers in the character sheet. I hope it's different this time around.

At least three with 2e, 3e, and 4e.