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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8373414" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Of course I do! My greatsword-wielding kalashtar fighter would be weird if she didn't get to add her Strength bonus to her attack and damage rolls, just like my rapier-wielding tiefling rogue would be weird if she didn't get to add her Dex bonus.What I don't want is to use stats to force players to play in a specific way.Which is why you can put them wherever you think is most appropriate using floating ASIs. You aren't limited to the poorly-handled official rulings. The concepts will only vanish if you're one of those people who insist that you &quot;can't&quot; play a race/class combination if the race's ASIs don't support the class. (And yes, I've had people say that I'm literally failing at D&amp;D if I don't mixmax in this way.)In every way that matters. Just because you can decide where your stats go doesn't mean you're anywhere near point buy levels. Yes, they are. You can't measure Darkvision (or infravision) with a stat. You can't measure Luck with a stat. You can't measure Dexterity with the ability to Tinker. They're different things with different purposes. And that changed, as all things do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8373414, member: 6915329"] Of course I do! My greatsword-wielding kalashtar fighter would be weird if she didn't get to add her Strength bonus to her attack and damage rolls, just like my rapier-wielding tiefling rogue would be weird if she didn't get to add [I]her [/I]Dex bonus. What I don't want is to use stats to force players to play in a specific way. Which is why you can put them wherever you think is most appropriate using floating ASIs. You aren't limited to the poorly-handled official rulings. The concepts will only vanish if you're one of those people who insist that you "can't" play a race/class combination if the race's ASIs don't support the class. (And yes, I've had people say that I'm literally failing at D&D if I don't mixmax in this way.) In every way that matters. Just because you can decide where your stats go doesn't mean you're anywhere [I]near [/I]point buy levels. Yes, they are. You can't measure Darkvision (or infravision) with a stat. You can't measure Luck with a stat. You can't measure Dexterity with the ability to Tinker. They're different things with different purposes. And that changed, as all things do. [/QUOTE]

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