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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 461222" data-attributes="member: 2829">Heh. Yeah. It's a problem, I know. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I agree.If we go by the letter of the law on that page, you also don't suffer an AC or attack penalty for losing points in Dexterity, neither do you suffer an attack penalty for losing points in Strength, and neither do you suffer a penalty to Fortitude saves for losing points in Constitution even though you lose hit points because your Con modifier drops.However, Chapter 1 of the PH specifically states what each ability modifier applies to. So, by the letter of the law, if your modifier is dropped, you suffer the penalties of a lowered modifier. Even from a rules-lawyer perspective, there really isn't any room for discussion.It also specifically states that a wizard gains bonus spells based upon their Intelligence score. If your Intelligence score cannot support those bonus spells, then you lose them. You don't gain bonus spells only when you level. You gain them whenever your Intelligence score goes up, which means you lose them whenever your Intelligence score goes down.Personally, I don't think it's just a matter of commen sense. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />I completely agree that this is definately a hassle. In fact, the Most Hated Ranger Ever in one of my games is trying to get a hold of some Antimagic Arrows. Still, the rules are clear on this, but in situations like this, the variant rule in the DMG is easier to work with.</blockquote>

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