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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 4893737" data-attributes="member: 29112">Well, even without changing Will saves, Wisdom is pretty damn handy in those social situations, as a matter of fact. Sense Motive could save lives, pride, the kingdom! And Perception might keep you out of (now, more deadly) combats in the first place, and negate surprise, ambushes and the like. Or, yeah, traps / snares / minor details / hidden passageways, etc. Handy!But hey, why not, if you want to do that too.But. . . what does Intelligence do for the characters, though? I mean, even before that last change of yours?In my own house rules (based on 3e, mind you) I decided to up the importance of Intelligence, and Charisma. Also Strength, but there are reasons for that (other house rules, actually). The major way I did this was to average pairs of stats for save bonuses.Bit of a sidetrack, but it's kinda relevant too, because I found that Int (and Cha, in particular) was under-represented in 3e, other than when your character is a Wizard (or Sorcerer/Bard), basically. Dex and Con can both be uber-stats, and Con especially is just SO important for EVERY character. So I evened things up a bit, with compensation where necessary.Out of interest, what classes do you make available?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 4893737, member: 29112"] Well, even without changing Will saves, Wisdom is pretty damn handy [I]in[/I] those social situations, as a matter of fact. Sense Motive could save lives, pride, the kingdom! And Perception might keep you out of (now, more deadly) combats in the first place, and negate surprise, ambushes and the like. Or, yeah, traps / snares / minor details / hidden passageways, etc. Handy! But hey, why not, if you want to do that too. But. . . what does Intelligence do for the characters, though? I mean, even [I]before[/I] that last change of yours? In my own house rules (based on 3e, mind you) I decided to up the importance of Intelligence, and Charisma. Also Strength, but there are reasons for that (other house rules, actually). The major way I did this was to average pairs of stats for save bonuses. Bit of a sidetrack, but it's kinda relevant too, because I found that Int (and Cha, in particular) was under-represented in 3e, other than when your character is a Wizard (or Sorcerer/Bard), basically. Dex and Con can both be uber-stats, and Con especially is just SO important for EVERY character. So I evened things up a bit, with compensation where necessary. Out of interest, what classes do you make available? [/QUOTE]

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