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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Owen K.C. Stephens" data-source="post: 3232121" data-attributes="member: 3190">There are a series of reasons why there's no flat mp to ability score conversion.First, there's already mechanisms for having a high ability score -- roll it, pick it with ability points, or buy it up as you level. Second, ability scores can be worth more or less depending on how you assign them. If +2 ability score is worth 4 mp, +4 ability score is worth more like 16 mp, and +6 is worth 36 mp. Now, I might allow those options in my game but coming up with 36 mp is so hard I'm not sure there's a point to listing it.As for things like reinforced skeleton, the whole point is to make those separate from ability scores. A creature with a reinforced skeleton has certain advantages over other creatures of the same Constitution. You can have an 8 Con and a reinforced skeleton, or an 18 Con and a reinforced skeleton. either way, the reinforced skeleton gives you an edge over creatures of the same Constitution. If it had a built in +2 Constitution it would both be much more expensive, and be harder to give an apples-toapples comparison.All that said however, one of the big advantages of the mp system is a GM can allow abilities not listed simply by assinging a mp cost. I think having a mutant race option is a great idea, especially if combined with mp for LA and mp for feat rules.</blockquote>