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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BendBars/LiftGates" data-source="post: 4695115" data-attributes="member: 58779">Like some other people have pointed out, I think this house rule would actually cause the opposite problem from the one it seeks to fix. With this rule in place, it's pretty foolish to have a key score that's anything higher than 14 and you'll find yourself in a game where no one maxes their class's most important stat. Fighters will want high-Strength races so that they can spend points on a natural 12 Str and boost it to 14, gaining even more points to spend on stats that demand a real investment.So, this rule will effectively even out the race choices. Dragonborn fighters will be good because they only need to buy a 12 Str to have an effective 20. Eladrin fighters will be good because they don't need to spend those points on Str when they can just have an artificially boosted attack modifier. But you'll find yourself inexplicably surrounded by low-Strength fighters and low-Intelligence wizards, who get by on freebie points and not on a real ability score.</blockquote>