Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2635605" data-attributes="member: 3051">No, Aus_Snow, they're right.&nbsp; With +2/-2, you're guaranteed to gain a +1 modifier on one stat and a -1 modifier on the other, no matter what values you start with, even OR odd.&nbsp; With +1/-1, you might or might not get each bonus/penalty, depending on whether you had even or odd.&nbsp; It's not a big deal if you're rolling dice for stats AND are required to roll them in order.&nbsp; But if you allow the player to place them himself OR use a point-buy system, this can be abused.&nbsp; And that's why the core system doesn't allow +1 or -1, because all generation systems need to be balanced.And yes, stats aren't static, but until you reach Wish levels, you're typically only raising one or two stats, not all of them.&nbsp; So if that +1 or -1 is in a stat you're not continually raising, the problem won't go away at higher levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatzimaus, post: 2635605, member: 3051"] No, Aus_Snow, they're right. With +2/-2, you're guaranteed to gain a +1 modifier on one stat and a -1 modifier on the other, [i]no matter what values you start with, even OR odd[/i]. With +1/-1, you might or might not get each bonus/penalty, depending on whether you had even or odd. It's not a big deal if you're rolling dice for stats AND are required to roll them in order. But if you allow the player to place them himself OR use a point-buy system, this can be abused. And that's why the core system doesn't allow +1 or -1, because all generation systems need to be balanced. And yes, stats aren't static, but until you reach [i]Wish[/i] levels, you're typically only raising one or two stats, not all of them. So if that +1 or -1 is in a stat you're not continually raising, the problem won't go away at higher levels. [/QUOTE]

Verification