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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5487703" data-attributes="member: 22424">Doesn't really help for those luddites amongst us who insist on paper character sheets. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I agree with the OP (and Mouseferatu) - ability damage and drain (and boosts) look good on paper, but they're more trouble than they're worth in the game. I would be inclined to replace them with a unified Condition Track (as in SWSE, but run it both ways to include bonuses as well as penalties).You could even unify the standard conditions with this, so that a condition may especially affect certain rolls. For those rolls, the bonus/penalty would be doubled.Some examples:Blessed is a +1 condition that especially applies to saves vs fear. Thus, the character applies a +1 bonus to all d20 rolls, or +2 to saves vs fear.Encumbered is a -1 condition that especially applies to Athletics. Thus, the character applies a -1 penalty to all d20 rolls, or -2 to Athletics checks.Having unified that, I would be inclined to do away with ability drain and damage, ability boosting spells and magic items, and even ability increases by level (and maybe even wish) entirely. Remove ability checks as well (in favour of skill checks for everything), and thus make the ability scores a purely descriptive aspect of the character.However, by the time you've done all that (and followed it through the system as a whole), you're getting towards putting together an entirely new version of the game!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5487703, member: 22424"] Doesn't really help for those luddites amongst us who insist on paper character sheets. :) I agree with the OP (and Mouseferatu) - ability damage and drain (and boosts) look good on paper, but they're more trouble than they're worth in the game. I would be inclined to replace them with a unified Condition Track (as in SWSE, but run it both ways to include bonuses as well as penalties). You could even unify the standard conditions with this, so that a condition may especially affect certain rolls. For those rolls, the bonus/penalty would be doubled. Some examples: [i]Blessed[/i] is a +1 condition that especially applies to saves vs fear. Thus, the character applies a +1 bonus to all d20 rolls, or +2 to saves vs fear. [i]Encumbered[/i] is a -1 condition that especially applies to Athletics. Thus, the character applies a -1 penalty to all d20 rolls, or -2 to Athletics checks. Having unified that, I would be inclined to do away with ability drain and damage, ability boosting spells and magic items, and even ability increases by level (and maybe even [i]wish[/i]) entirely. Remove ability checks as well (in favour of skill checks for everything), and thus make the ability scores a purely descriptive aspect of the character. However, by the time you've done all that (and followed it through the system as a whole), you're getting towards putting together an entirely new version of the game! [/QUOTE]

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