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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 6227715" data-attributes="member: 6182">There's no real requirement that stats be required for a class, period.If stats were basically perks instead of requirements, such that you could have viable if sub-par characters with six 10s (making NPCs super easy to work with), you could give your character any stats you want and still be viable.You would have to:* Make every stat equally useful to a well-rounded character of any class (specialist characters can still gain by specializing).* Make every class able to effectively utilize every stat (wizards would need VIABLE melee attacks, etc.)* Make every bump in a stat useful (if 12 is no better than a 10 nobody will have a 12)* Make every bump in a stat equal to a bump in another stat* Remove ability scores from to-hit and defense values. Those need to be baked in elsewhere.* Level out accuracy. Every class should be able to hit with any ability they can access. A wizard whacking someone with a staff may do relatively paltry damage, but they should be able to hit reliably hit so they can utilize Strength.Just as a 1:30am no-effort example:"Bump" defined: The point in an ability score increase where you actually gain something from it.Strength: +1/bump to melee damageDexterity: +1/bump to ranged damageConstitution: +1/bump to HPIntelligence: +1/bump to area damageWisdom: +1/bump to minimum roll on Skill Checks (Wisdom 12 means your lowest skill check roll is 2, etc)Charisma: +1/bump to HP healed (Wisdom 12 means you get healed for 11 instead of 10, etc)Obviously the above is not likely going to work for D&D, and a strict +X*bump structure is not the only way to go, but as a general notion, I hope that gets the idea across. You also don't have to make the stats mean the same thing for every class, but making a unique series for each class can get complicated as heck.</blockquote>

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