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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 7962718" data-attributes="member: 6687260">It's a difficult issue to solve.  (Assuming you want to).Some solutions would be:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">having class options/builds that make all possible secondary stat builds viable.   4E was going this way somewhat at one point.  Cons: a lot of bloat, and it's not all that helpful if you want to be a smart fighter, but the particular combat options that interest you require Wis - especially if that requirement ends up being something of an arbritrary choice.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">having some kind of point buy system in place where the cost of ability scores is actually different dependent on the value of that ability score to the class in question (so an high Strength would workout being extremely cheap for a wizard.  Cons: overly complex and difficult to get the balance right.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rolling all the ability scores in order and just assigning them Cons: solution worse than problem.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assigning a basic score in primary ability score/s and then just rolling the others.  (Cons: still doesn't necessarily allow you to create the character you envisage).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using arrays that are better at the low end (while a Paladin in heavy armour with an extra 14 is still better off mechanically putting that in Dex, it's not better by enough that it may not still be worth it to the player to put that in Intelligence if that's how they envisage their characer - at 14 we're now starting to get to the point where you have sufficient mechanical heft to actually begin to realise the concept of smart Paladin - just).  Cons: May not actually work - heavily player dependent.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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