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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7419254" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>I want to start with a +3 modifier, and I want to have +5 modifier by 12th.</p><p></p><p>How fast I want to go up in-between depends on the class / character build, and the table. </p><p></p><p>Table: A +1 modifier for an ability score is really only meaningful when you're making a lot of roles against it, which means that ability scores are most important for combat and least important for just about everything else. So if you have a low-combat table, feats that handle non-combat parts of the game are more important. If I have a high combat table, ability scores are very important except for a few character-shaping combat feats.</p><p></p><p>Class: +1 to DC/spell attack is nice, but maybe not worth a feat that would help me keep Concentration. +1 to hit and damage multiple times per action for a Extra Attack character is mathematical nice. Something like Bard where you have a potent ability that us usable ABILITY SCORE times per rest is really nice to increase - 16 CHR to 18 CHR give +33% uses of Bardic Inspiration on top of everything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7419254, member: 20564"] I want to start with a +3 modifier, and I want to have +5 modifier by 12th. How fast I want to go up in-between depends on the class / character build, and the table. Table: A +1 modifier for an ability score is really only meaningful when you're making a lot of roles against it, which means that ability scores are most important for combat and least important for just about everything else. So if you have a low-combat table, feats that handle non-combat parts of the game are more important. If I have a high combat table, ability scores are very important except for a few character-shaping combat feats. Class: +1 to DC/spell attack is nice, but maybe not worth a feat that would help me keep Concentration. +1 to hit and damage multiple times per action for a Extra Attack character is mathematical nice. Something like Bard where you have a potent ability that us usable ABILITY SCORE times per rest is really nice to increase - 16 CHR to 18 CHR give +33% uses of Bardic Inspiration on top of everything else. [/QUOTE]
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