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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7009785" data-attributes="member: 20564">In a thread about the Bladesinger, [MENTION=6683613]TheCosmicKid[/MENTION] mentioned that without SCAG he was letting Oath of Ancients paladins use INT instead of CHR to make his own bladesinger.And it occurs to me that the paladin is a great platform for "classic gish" if it was said to be arcane and used INT.Now, INT seems to be among the least important ability scores.  Except for a small selection of skills that are okay to have only a single expert in the party, it doesn't have a lot of use.  Making it the prime ability for a class seems, in general, to be neutral or a minor debuff depending what you give up.Which made me think about other casters that could work as INT, like Lore bard.A INT-based paladin would synergize well with Wizard, but before it shared CHR with three casters (Sorcerer, Bard and Warlock).So, if I allowed Paladin and Bard to change from CHR to INT for their casting and class features, picked when firswt entering the class, what abuses am I setting myself up for that wouldn't happen with CHR-only?  What reasons are there not to allow this?Assume allowing SCAG/Volo/EE.  For UA stuff just call out that it's UA.Note:  Yes, you could do a Paladin/Wizard(Bladesinger) with Shield and Absorb Elements and end up remarkably defensive with a good spell advancement to divine smite with.  This may be better than paladin/sorcerer with bladesong and absorb elements but misses out on metamagic like twinning buffs or quickened spells after an Attack action.</blockquote>

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