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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6493413" data-attributes="member: 1465">Of course there is no stat which is always dumped! It's just common to call &quot;dump stat&quot; something that some PCs can choose to completely ignore to the point of minimizing it.In general, any stat that is used for passive checks or defenses is hard to dump. Almost nobody dares to dump Constitution because it's tied to HP. You can dump Dexterity if you choose heavy armor, and you can dump Wisdom if you can rely on the rest of the party to sense danger, but there are still frequent unavoidable defensive checks tied to both (saving throws for example) so they aren't widely picked as stats to dump.OTOH, Strength, Intelligence and Charisma are naturally easier to dump because they are largely linked to proactive abilities, which in case of a low score you are simply never going to choose, when you can just focus on alternative skills and tactics: anybody who is not a melee warrior can always dump Strength, anybody who is not a trickster or a sage/mage can always dump Intelligence, and anybody who is not a 'face' can always dump Charisma. Defensive/reactive uses of these exist but are rare enough.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6493413, member: 1465"] Of course there is no stat which is [I]always[/I] dumped! It's just common to call "dump stat" something that [I]some[/I] PCs can choose to completely ignore to the point of minimizing it. In general, any stat that is used for [U]passive [/U]checks or defenses is hard to dump. Almost nobody dares to dump Constitution because it's tied to HP. You can dump Dexterity if you choose heavy armor, and you can dump Wisdom if you can rely on the rest of the party to sense danger, but there are still frequent unavoidable defensive checks tied to both (saving throws for example) so they aren't widely picked as stats to dump. OTOH, Strength, Intelligence and Charisma are naturally easier to dump because they are largely linked to [U]proactive[/U] abilities, which in case of a low score you are simply never going to choose, when you can just focus on alternative skills and tactics: anybody who is not a melee warrior can always dump Strength, anybody who is not a trickster or a sage/mage can always dump Intelligence, and anybody who is not a 'face' can always dump Charisma. Defensive/reactive uses of these exist but are rare enough. [/QUOTE]

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