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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6139474" data-attributes="member: 58197">As I see it, the traditional scores suffer from the following problems:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dexterity does far too much.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Intelligence and Charisma do too little.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wisdom combines spiritual strength with alertness, which have nothing to do with each other.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mental ability scores straddle the boundary between "player attributes" and "character attributes," leading to arguments over whether a low-Int character is "smart enough" to figure out what the player wants to do, and similar things.</li> </ul>So here's my first cut at a replacement list:Strength: No change.Alertness: Modifies Spot and Listen, AC, and Reflex saves. (Combines the alertness aspects of Wisdom with the defensive aspects of Dexterity.)Dexterity: Modifies ranged attack rolls, acrobatics, and stealth. (Offensive aspects of Dexterity.)Constitution: No change.Spirit: Modifies Will saves and social skills. (Combines Charisma with the defensive aspects of Wisdom.)Lore: Modifies knowledge skills. (Essentially Intelligence, but without the implication that it constrains player decision-making.)This still leaves Lore as a bit of a weak sister to the rest, but it takes care of the other problems.</blockquote>