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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 2287760" data-attributes="member: 10638">4th Edition..ability scores reduced to???I pulled out an issue of #123 and compared one of those 30th level characters with one in this issue and MAN, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!It's logically laid out:Senses and Initiative firstAC is EASY to find, unlike the old stat block system where it took up an extra moment (I'm sure that's never hard for a DM who's had a beer or two and has been playing for 16 hours straight <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Combat gear is INGENIOUSLY locatedOFF TOPIC:  Looking at it made me wonder one thing now though...remember how 5 different saving throws became obsolete after 2nd ed?   Ever wonder about ability scores?  No, not that there needs to be fewer...but take a look at them right now..what do you have to calculate in your mind everytime you look at an ability score?...it's bonus...Anybody know where I'm going with this?  Will 4th edition move to bonuses instead of the extra step in calculation?  Will you have stats like this:  Str+3, Dex+1,Con+2,Int-3,Wis+0,Cha+0.  Is there any reason, other than nostalgia, why we stick to the 3-18 ability scores instead of using a bonus?jh...</blockquote>