D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs)

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Ja Ne Sais Quois: a new ability score used only for unspecified rolls. It has no associated skills, but gets added to things like death saves, or any roll where the DM isn’t quite sure what stat, if any, is appropriate to add.

As a French speaker, imma guess you're going for: Je ne sais quoi. Although this Pepé Le Pew version does have its charms...

 

[Plaguescarred]

Some FATE stat to check for anything that can affect you somehow and for which all 6 other ability scores don't address already.

 

[Charlaquin]

As a French speaker, imma guess you're going for: Je ne sais quoi. Although this Pepé Le Pew version does have its charms...

Thank you!

 

[Yaarel]

I feel "Comely" and "Hideous" work better as a feat (that improves Persuasion and Charm effects if in close line-of-sight). I have something like this for "elfshine" tropes, for superhuman magical beauty.

 

[Yaarel]

For the current Lucky feat, I would be more comfortable if splitting it into Lucky (advantage for a friendly) and Unlucky (disadvantage for a hostile). This seems more balanced compared to other feats, and is useful thematically.

 

[CreamCloud0]

Im a political intrigue junky and social is my favorite pillar. I'd love to see a some type of social stat. I'd like something more unique than "social" but I think of things like station or echelon and it seems too formal. For lack of a better term at the moment, I suppose social will do.

Traveller, for example has a social stat. It denotes rank and characters upbringing and customs. I dont use it like a typical mod in that high and positive are better. I view it more like a spectrum. The higher the number, the more upscale your customs are. You can wear a uniform or formal wear proficiently and conduct yourself in an acceptable manner. On the other end, you know your way around blue collar and lower customs places. Each has a benefit depending on where the story takes you. A high character will stick out like a sore thumb in a back alley thieves den, but a low score is going to be spotted as a fraud from a mile away at a swanky party of high society socialites.

an interesting idea for a stat but one that works in a conflicting manner to the way the other six work and are generated, as they all work on the basis that 'higher is better', you're never going to say 'oh i wish my CON was lower then i would've gotten that'

 

[payn]

an interesting idea for a stat but one that works in a conflicting manner to the way the other six work and are generated, as they all work on the basis that 'higher is better', you're never going to say 'oh i wish my CON was lower then i would've gotten that'

Sure it isn't consistent. but I don't see that as an issue. In fact, I kind of bounce off symmetrical universal systems.

Though, it would be an interesting system if the stats were a spectrum instead of higher is better.

 

[Brendan Byrd]

Gravitas.
How serious is the character; and how do others percieve the character.
Somewhere between a Reputation and Charisma score.

 

[Peter BOSCO'S]

Contacts. Stat Bonus times per level (or per session for some play styles) a character can just declare that "I know a guy." Characters have great powers but sometimes they're out of their areas of expertise and they could use the help of a specialist (Crime Lord, Sewer worker, Lute-Maker, Pastry Chef, Mortician, Tax Accountant, Egyptologist, whatever). [If your Contacts score is less than 10, then your negative stat modifier is the number of times per level that the DM can say "You know a guy and he is mad at you."]

 

[Yaarel]

For "fame", status, reputation, societal impact, social connections and pull, clout, recognizability, etcetera, I refer to the leveling tiers. The higher the level, the larger the population a character affects.

I normally do so to adjudicate narrative outcomes. But thereby to refer to the proficiency bonus for d20 checks could also be useful sometimes.