I'm pretty new to D&D and I rolled a 20 for my characters dexterity stat and my race includes a +2 to dexterity. Would that be added on to the 20 or go into my +5 bonus attached to the 20?
The very first time I played AD&D, when I was in middle school, my DM had us roll d20 for stats. Of course, I hadn't read the rule book yet, so I had no idea what I was doing. In retrospect, I don't think he really knew what he was doing, either.I've not heard of any DM using the D20 for stats.
I'm pretty new to D&D and I rolled a 20 for my characters dexterity stat and my race includes a +2 to dexterity. Would that be added on to the 20 or go into my +5 bonus attached to the 20?
Rules as written clearly state that Adventurer's can only have ability scores as high 20 at character creation. I don't have a Player's Handbook handy but I can look up the page number and post it later if someone else does not.It would be added to your dexterity score, which in this case would be 20, making it a 22 and your bonus +6.
Unless I missed something (other than the "adventurers can have ability scores as high as 20" non-rule), there's nothing stopping the racial bonus from taking you over 20.