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<blockquote data-quote="Elric" data-source="post: 1963524" data-attributes="member: 1139">High natural (rolled) ability scores increase chance of making it to a higher levelPresumably, higher level also increases ability scores, but other than the 1 point every 4 levels, this is not represented in the D&amp;D rules.In general, the character with the higher ability scores is more likely to survive to high level.&nbsp; The PCs are unique- they alone are given an exception to this rule, because they are (probably) going to become high level no matter what their ability scores are.&nbsp; NPC base stats should keep going up as the NPCs increase in level.&nbsp; If this were the case, though, then PCs would have (on average) higher rolled ability scores than everyone they encountered for the first X levels and lower rolled ability scores thereafter.&nbsp; To avoid this problem, it seems much easier to just make major (and maybe semi-major) villains have the same ability score method as the PCs, at all levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elric, post: 1963524, member: 1139"] High natural (rolled) ability scores increase chance of making it to a higher level Presumably, higher level also increases ability scores, but other than the 1 point every 4 levels, this is not represented in the D&D rules. In general, the character with the higher ability scores is more likely to survive to high level. The PCs are unique- they alone are given an exception to this rule, because they are (probably) going to become high level no matter what their ability scores are. NPC base stats should keep going up as the NPCs increase in level. If this were the case, though, then PCs would have (on average) higher rolled ability scores than everyone they encountered for the first X levels and lower rolled ability scores thereafter. To avoid this problem, it seems much easier to just make major (and maybe semi-major) villains have the same ability score method as the PCs, at all levels. [/QUOTE]

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