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Message: <blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 6349051" data-attributes="member: 43019">Your ability to hit matters more the greater your chance of missing (that is to say, if you needed a 3 to hit, going to a 2 is not as big a swing as going from needing a 12 to an 11). At least in terms of average damage dealt, how often your character feels successful, and consistent ability to pull through in dangerous situations, all of which feel like reasonable things to care about. Thusly, your ability score matters more in 5E than in many other editions where, for example, you only missed on a 1 sometimes.The perception of how much it matters and guidance to keep things reasonable may well have decreased.</blockquote>