Pathfinder 1E Adding The Floating +2 Ability Bonus To PF1

[Kaodi]

Is there any reason not to do it, using basically the same rules? Take any race from the Advanced Race Guide, you can give them an extra floating +2 to any ability score they do not already have a bonus to. And it comes with much of the same benefit: every race becomes "good" at most single stat classes and better at some MAD classes; it is a nerf to humans popularity without being a nerf to their effectiveness.

At 25 pt but the craziest things you could do (for a human) would be 20 18 10 10 10 8 for straight stacking or 16 16 14 14 14 10 for straight bonus efficiency. At 15 pt buy it would be 20 14 10 10 8 8 and 16 16 14 10 10 10.

 

[Kurviak]

Is there any reason not to do it, using basically the same rules? Take any race from the Advanced Race Guide, you can give them an extra floating +2 to any ability score they do not already have a bonus to. And it comes with much of the same benefit: every race becomes "good" at most single stat classes and better at some MAD classes; it is a nerf to humans popularity without being a nerf to their effectiveness.

At 25 pt but the craziest things you could do (for a human) would be 20 18 10 10 10 8 for straight stacking or 16 16 14 14 14 10 for straight bonus efficiency. At 15 pt buy it would be 20 14 10 10 8 8 and 16 16 14 10 10 10.

I think it’s very cool, but you are double staking to get those 20, and that is not valid according to PF2 preview rules we have so far.

 

[Kaodi]

Double stacking? The 20s in there are 17 pts for 18 base, +2 for ability bonus, like in regular Pathfinder.

 

[Kurviak]

Double stacking? The 20s in there are 17 pts for 18 base, +2 for ability bonus, like in regular Pathfinder.

You're right, I was still sleeping when I wrote my previous comment I think. My Bad

 

[Kaodi]

I have been hoping for someone to start a new Pathfinder game on the PbP boards expressly so that I could suggest trying out the floating +2 bonus but new games seem to be a rare beast these days and new Pathfinder games rarer still. A bit unfortunate since it makes me interested to play something like a melee capable dwarven transmuter whose favourite spell is stonefist.

 

[Sunseeker]

I doubt it would make much mechanical difference.