D&D General Which ability score would you like to increase to 18 in real life?

[Leatherhead]

Look at it this way:
If you aren't convinced that people need more charisma, then they obviously need more charisma so they can convince you.

 

[jasper]

Which one deals with writing and speaking?

 

[Ganders]

There are people in the real world who can tell you how they like having just one high attribute.

I believe most of those with high INT would recommend choosing one of the others.

Throughout the last couple of thousand years, high CON has been a favorite. But that was mostly before the proliferation of modern medicine.

 

[BookBarbarian]

I regularly lift heavy weights in an effort to increase my real life Strength.

And I still would pick Constitution 100% of the time.

At most Strength training takes a couple of hours out of my day 4 days a week. But bettering my health is a constant never ending battle.

 

[Dausuul]

Throughout the last couple of thousand years, high CON has been a favorite. But that was mostly before the proliferation of modern medicine.

Modern medicine is wonderful, but it's also a very long way from being able to fix all the things that can go wrong in a human body. Besides, getting sick and being cured is a lousy experience compared to not getting sick in the first place.

 

[cbwjm]

Oh damn, I just realised that this was a poll. I've added my vote for constitution.

 

[Maxperson]

This "Real Life" seems to be a horror campaign using the optional Sanity rules, so I'd up my SAN to 18.

Having been forced to watch real life for the last 20 years(young me ignored it), I think I might rather be insane.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Have to go with Charisma--the real life superpower.

This is causing me to think about how one really can't increase constitution without ancillary increases to physical strength (and vice versa--minus, uh, chemical enhancements). But physical strength winds up being really important for health.

I regularly lift heavy weights in an effort to increase my real life Strength.

And I still would pick Constitution 100% of the time.

At most Strength training takes a couple of hours out of my day 4 days a week. But bettering my health is a constant never ending battle.

That’s why I chose Dex. You literally couldn’t have an 18 Dex IRL without healthy joints, bones, lungs, etc, and decent musculature, and the activities that improve health that I enjoy are very Dex heavy, and if I was more coordinated I’d enjoy them even more by virtue of not having to struggle against clumsiness to do them well.

 

[Maxperson]

That’s why I chose Dex. You literally couldn’t have an 18 Dex IRL without healthy joints, bones, lungs, etc, and decent musculature, and the activities that improve health that I enjoy are very Dex heavy, and if I was more coordinated I’d enjoy them even more by virtue of not having to struggle against clumsiness to do them well.

Sure, but healthy could easily mean 12. I'd rather have that 18.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Sure, but healthy could easily mean 12. I'd rather have that 18.

Healthy is healthy, man. I wanna have fun with it, and Dex is hard to maintain as you get older. Health is easier the more you move and the less you get injured.