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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 7619261" data-attributes="member: 6667921">Fourth Edition D&D balanced ability scores (among other things) better than any other edition. If you go back to attributing a single characteristic to a specific defense, then you are giving those ability scores additional value over those that do not. The way 4e did it, pairing up the two closest-compatible abilities to each defense, players were less constrained in their character builds. For example, a player could explore cleric builds or concepts around a higher Intelligence without compromising the Reflex bonus he may enjoy for investing in more Dexterity (which, as you rightly point out, already has a higher value in the game).Something else 4e does with placing more value on ability scores is making sure that the primary ability scores for *your* character is just as important in combat as everyone else's. Look at any class power. I can't verify every single one every created, but I can guarantee that the vast majority use the primary (and secondary, and sometimes even tertiary) ability score for that class to influence attack rolls, and usually damage rolls or other effects, like moving enemies or allies x-spaces + ability score modifiers.If you're going a completely different route, that's fine. But by the looks of things, you're already heading in the opposite direction of 'balanced abilities'.*Plus, there's too many people with too many ideas already working on too many versions of 4e clones at the moment. You might be better off writing your own version for the one perspective that matters the most in this particular project - yourself. Then present it for anyone else who might like your ideas, or even just get inspired enough to make their own revisions for themselves. Otherwise, you may be looking at an uphill battle trying to achieve group consensus for some of your most radical ideas. But kudos for effort! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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