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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7962024" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Most do use encumberance - it's just so hard to hit the limit in the default rules that it just seems like it's being ignored.Valid Low Int playstyle - come to the same conclusions the intelligent character would come to for all the wrong reasons - at least until the big consequential moments occur and then your stupidly incorrect conclusion is wrong for all to see.Valid Low Cha playstyle - You've almost got being charismatic down.  You say mostly the right things but have a tendency to really mess up your charm in the big moments.A player can play a PC with a low stat in lots of different ways.  IMO DM's shouldn't be policing that.  Instead give them the opportunity to fall flat on their face once in a while.Nearly all classes need dex and con.  Wisdom is a stat I've dumped many times.  It rarely had an impact.  I've dumped con before.  It had an impact on me playing my rogue a lot more skiddish but that was all (behavior change only).  I don't think it ever had an impact other than that - i mean my hp value showed low but tactically positioned myself to avoid most all damage anyways so not really much impact.In fact, I think I've dumped nearly all stats before.  I find dumping a stat tends to give my characters a  more fun and memorable personality than not doing so.  IMO stat dumping shouldn't be discouraged but instead encouraged.</blockquote>