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Do you think the universe is trying to tell you something? Or maybe the DM reads EN World!

I ended up not using it and we won the fight, although I went down, the Cleric went down again (after I healed him) and the Barbarian...

I agree wholeheartedly with this point. I’ve discussed it before but removing ability damage and ability drain, not to mention neutering...

The principle of a sanity/spiritual degradation/corruption/shadow check is a good one. I’ve seen it used well in several game systems to...

That bold bit is backwards. Vrgtr is already out and a lot of us already own it. The important question relevant to this being worth...

I have sucessfully played a rogue3/bard4/sorcerer3 in 5.0 with comparable stats (14 dex and 14 cha after stat increases). The character...

I've done similar and the game played out much better with magic items being more important but absent actual support from wotc it falls...

For a Ravenloft type game, I might want to conceive of a lower stat as not being the result of simply a personal deficiency, but rather...

I think there are ways of making it more interesting. You could attach a flaw to each stats of 7 or lower and reward players with...

For sure. Items like gauntlets of ogre strength or a headband of intellect should be at least of "rare" rarity in such a regime, as...

I can see class and subclass abilities that have usage keyed off ability score bonus would be affected more than those that don’t...

Broadly, yes. Yes. There's a point where I would probably NOT feel that way. It's somewhere between 12 and 14, I think. A starting...

My favorite character, my avatar Fitz, has a highest ability score if 13 and a low 7. His mate, Callahan had an envious 17, but also ran...

So you’re saying that if the max starting ability score was 16 you would feel adequate if your character’s point allowed you to get to...

That is an interesting idea. But by extension you could resolve that if you simultaneously limited stats to 18? I find it hard to...