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Character sheet: Ability score or modifier in the big box?
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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6390539" data-attributes="member: 13009"><p>This is a thing?</p><p></p><p>The following as always is my ever so humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>The ability score number itself hardly ever matters, maybe there are more but the only things I can think of at the moment are having 13's in some stats if you want to ever multiclass and strength minimums on some heavy armors.</p><p></p><p>The ability score itself is not used for anything else in the game, only the modifier.</p><p></p><p>The modifier at it's core modifies a d20 roll, so each point of difference is only 5%.</p><p></p><p>A person with a 18 strength is only 20% stronger than someone with a 10 on feats of strength. There is a difference in what they can carry/lift but that is a matter of 150 pounds, and many groups never use encumbrance.</p><p></p><p>There is a general trivia contest, where knowledge skills play little factor or if a subject comes up assume both contestants have the proficiency. The Int 10(+0) character rolls vs a genius with a 20(+5) so on each question the genius only has a +25% chance to get the answer correct. We are not talking about the difference between a real world genius and a normal person here, this is a game and it has rules.</p><p></p><p>Now if we assume A baseline of 10 DC, a person who has the Int score just above a farm animal 4(-3) vs 20(+5) that is only a 40% difference. We do run into an issue if the DC gets to a 17 or higher on the trivia questions because now the boy raised by pigs can't roll high enough to win.</p><p></p><p>Also ability scores don't define how a character looks, nothing in the game does. A anemic looking wisp could have a 20 con score if you wanted, a big bulking thing could have a dex of 20, a tiny halfling that at most is 3ft 3 inches tall and 43 pounds can have a 20 strength score the same as an ogre.</p><p></p><p>So the ability score modifier is the most important thing, and in fact I hope in future editions of the game they do away with the score all together.</p><p></p><p>But seriously this is a thing? I mean all the above is how I think on the subject but even if someone thinks the exact opposite of how I do what is the point of the question?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6390539, member: 13009"] This is a thing? The following as always is my ever so humble opinion. The ability score number itself hardly ever matters, maybe there are more but the only things I can think of at the moment are having 13's in some stats if you want to ever multiclass and strength minimums on some heavy armors. The ability score itself is not used for anything else in the game, only the modifier. The modifier at it's core modifies a d20 roll, so each point of difference is only 5%. A person with a 18 strength is only 20% stronger than someone with a 10 on feats of strength. There is a difference in what they can carry/lift but that is a matter of 150 pounds, and many groups never use encumbrance. There is a general trivia contest, where knowledge skills play little factor or if a subject comes up assume both contestants have the proficiency. The Int 10(+0) character rolls vs a genius with a 20(+5) so on each question the genius only has a +25% chance to get the answer correct. We are not talking about the difference between a real world genius and a normal person here, this is a game and it has rules. Now if we assume A baseline of 10 DC, a person who has the Int score just above a farm animal 4(-3) vs 20(+5) that is only a 40% difference. We do run into an issue if the DC gets to a 17 or higher on the trivia questions because now the boy raised by pigs can't roll high enough to win. Also ability scores don't define how a character looks, nothing in the game does. A anemic looking wisp could have a 20 con score if you wanted, a big bulking thing could have a dex of 20, a tiny halfling that at most is 3ft 3 inches tall and 43 pounds can have a 20 strength score the same as an ogre. So the ability score modifier is the most important thing, and in fact I hope in future editions of the game they do away with the score all together. But seriously this is a thing? I mean all the above is how I think on the subject but even if someone thinks the exact opposite of how I do what is the point of the question? [/QUOTE]
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