Do you always put your stat bumps in your two highest stats?

[Shroomy]

I always bump my primary stat, but with my second stat bump, I increase whatever would be most helpful at the time.

 

[Victim]

Usually I'll increase my two best stats, but sometimes I'll bump another stat to qualify for something like the critical feats.

 

[ki11erDM]

Are you playing a character who has put stat bumps in other stats?

No, normally i bump the main stat every time, and the rest go where i think they should based on what the game dictates. If we are having lots of RPing encounters then i will bump CHR, if i am getting hit with lots of AE i bump DEX. It also helps that i set most of my stats to an odd number at level 1.

 

[Nifft]

All characters have one primary attack stat: one bump always goes in that.

The other one, it depends on the PC. Some have a secondary stat that's almost as vital as the primary attack. Some have two secondary stats that I want to balance. Some have a bunch of feats for which I want to qualify.

So: for one of the two points, it depends.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Blackbrrd]

All characters have one primary attack stat: one bump always goes in that.

The second stat bump goes to the secondary stat if it's important (wis or cha for a str paladin), or to get access to a feat.

 

[possum]

I think I am loke most posters. One of the two bumps always goes to my main stat, butthe second one generally evens out odd numbers on abilities that will give me a nice bonus.

Same here. That's primarily how I do it in 4E/Saga Edition. In 3rd, it was whichever of the two options that would help my character the most.

 

[Iron Sky]

I don't get to play much, but every character I have made/played has done all primary/secondary.

For the other players in our group, I'd say 90-95% of the stat bumps are in the top two stats.

 

[Runestar]

I think this assumption also depends on the character.

It seems most applicable to classes with only 2 key stats. Take for instance a half-orc brutal scoundrel rogue. A typical player would likely start off with 16s in both str and dex (so that he starts with 18 str/dex), 12-13 in con and leave the rest at base. He will then probably apply the +1 stat bonus every 4 lvs to str and dex, the stats which have the most impact on the effectiveness of his character.

While +1con would grant an extra surge, he might be tempted to just leave it to lv11, when he gets +1 to all stats.

So there are definitely exceptions.

 

[Woas]

I reflect on the events and actions that have happened in game and put the increase in a stat that seems natural for the character to have grown in.

 

[ferratus]

Since everyone generally boosts their primary stat, I think this is a clue that "to hit" should not have been bound to an ability score. You want it as high as possible anyway, and it gets in the way of multiclassing.