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My feeling is that it's more than just game adjacent. Depending on the game being played, the DM prep is part of how the DM plays the game. It's solo aspect play to be sure, but people play solitaire and other games solo. That solo play then becomes something that the PCs may or may not...

Looks right. Could the wizard ferry the plate across and then go back and get the fighter who will now weigh less than 300?

That's why it's a game and not real life. Games have to be balanced in a way that real life isn't. ;) An 8 is Forest Gump. A 6 is dumber than that. Balance means that every once in a while Gump beats Einstein.

The context of the discussion has been DDB only, so when you responded, I figured that's what your context was. I didn't realize you were including PDFs. :)

The d20 roll is random chance, skill, etc. It's not the stat itself. The 6 int person is stupid, but could get lucky, have learned a skill really well, and so on. His actual intelligence is a detriment to any luck or skill he has, because he's dumb. The idea that the d20 is the stat itself...

🤷‍♂️ I was just pointing out that physical only wasn't the only other option like you implied.

The 6 int guy will NEVER be smarter than the 18 int guy. It's possible for him to get lucky and in the moment remember something that the 18 int guy never learned, but sit them both down at a table to answer 100 questions and it will be very apparent which one is smarter.

Also, included in that d20 roll is luck. If the weak guy wins the arm wrestling contest, the stronger guy probably has his elbow slip or pulled a muscle in order for that to happen.

And that's with a difference in modifiers of 4. That's why I say +1 or even +2 difference doesn't mean much in the scheme of things. You're going to see a much greater difference with a good feat, and it will be more fun at the same time.

It's not a binary. They could sell downloads on DDB AND also sell PDFs so those of us who don't play on DDB and want to own our stuff could get those.

In 5e a +1 doesn't mean nearly as much as it used to in past editions. I'd much rather have a feat than pick ASI.

Today I learned that if you order chips and salsa for $5.99 at this place in Paso Robles, it costs $11 if you want chips with it. And only a penny for the guacamole!

Not only that, but The Hand wears red and so do those ninjas in the poster.

Yeah. I didn't assume one way or the other on that. I just know that over the years I've missed such comments directed my way and only later noticed them quoted by someone else in a response to the person who mentioned me. :)

That's why I don't consider any stat to be a "dump stat." All of them are important to every one of my PCs. That doesn't mean that some can't be low or I won't roleplay a low stat, but I don't believe in making a stat low to dump it there because it's not important.