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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord of Nessus" data-source="post: 7797767" data-attributes="member: 7015610"><p>LOL, but giving every Human a +1 to each ability score isn't nonsensical? Remember what the whole point of ability scores adjustments was in the first place, and what it meant: it showed how your character compared to an average Human, who was assumed to have a 10 in each ability score, like the Commoner NPC stats in the Monster Manual. A PC getting +1 in each ability score might make sense if you assume that the +1s are because that particular Human is an adventurer, and thus more hardy, etc. than the average bloke. But if you apply the +1 to all Humans, it becomes a farce, because then what the hell are the +1s in reference to? Bonuses and penalties make no sense except in reference to an average specimen of something. The Commoner gets scores of 10 in every ability score because the Commoner's not an adventurer. Other Human NPCs in the Monster Manual receive different bonuses according to what they are (a Knight, a Noble, a Spy, etc.) Also, the variant Human rules in no way "ruin" a game, and many choose to use them. The decision to make those the variant rules and not make those the standard and the +1 to each ability score the variant was simply an arbitrary decision on the part of the designers, and could have easily gone the other way.</p></blockquote><p></p>