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To me it doesn't matter if your stats aren't the most important part of your character to you. They exist and they're part of what makes...

I mean, my general expectation (and what I do for my own 5e characters) is that a low stat (generally anything at <=7) will have some...

I cannot disagree more. Your subjective opinion about the purpose of stats is meaningful only to you. From my point of view, if stats...

They clearly don't in 5.5e, because an archmage wizard NPC has different hit points, abilities, etc. than a PC wizard. Both are...

It doesn't matter? Heck, make it easier. A Cleric turns their back on their God, renouncing them, or actively working counter to the...

Right, so extrapolate on a Paladin spitting on their cosmic powered, source of their power, oath.

But the player chose the concept and assigned the stats, so presumably they assigned them so that they match the concept and if they...

I don't see any reason to be coy about this; how people play is largely their own business (as long as you acknowledge RPG gaming is...

Is it not the default assumption, especially within D&D, to have the GM take on that responsibility?

So in your game the players decide the consequences of their actions?

Isn’t that how most of the game works?

As a player, if I was playing a Paladin (often enough) Cleric (rare) Warlock (very little because of this threads exact issue) and I...

No, but once they fight you they can tell that you’re more competent than your ally, the 4th level battle master fighter and trained in...

They represent things that exist in the fiction. Why would we have rules for them otherwise?

This is a distinction I don't think is appreciated enough; the one between rules as physics engine and rules as user interface to a...