In Which We Guess Races' Ability Bonuses

[Zamkaizer]

By now we've all read Wizard's delicious Elf preview and seen for ourselves Design's new philosophy about ability bonuses. So the obvious question that presents itself is how this philosophy will be applied to other races. That is what this thread is for.

I'll begin with my most controversial prediction:

Humans will have a +1 bonus to every ability.

 

[Nikosandros]

Humans will have a +1 bonus to every ability.

If the bonuses for stats are the same as in 3e, i think it will be very unlikely to see odd modifiers.

 

[The Ubbergeek]

There is already a thread like this, buddy.

 

[Sammael]

Dwarf: +2 Con, +2 Wis
Dragonborn: +2 Str, +2 Cha
Eladrin: +2 Dex, +2 Int
Elf: +2 Dex, +2 Wis
Half-elf: +2 Cha
Halfling: -2 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Con
Human: +2 to any one score, -2 Wis
Tiefling: +2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Wis, +2 Cha

 

[mrtomsmith]

Elf: +2 DEX, WIS
Humans: +2 to one stat of player's choice
Dwarf: +2 CON, WIS
Tiefling: +2 STR, INT
Dragonborn: +2 STR, CHA
Eladrin: +2 DEX, INT
Drow: +2 DEX, CHA
Half-Elf: +2 to player's choice
Halfling: +2 DEX, WIS
Gnome: +2 DEX, CHA
Half-Orc: +2 STR, CON
Minotaur: +2 CON, WIS
Lizardfolk: +2 STR, WIS
Mind Flayer: +2 INT, CHA
Myconid: +4 WIS
Half-Dwarf: +1 CON, WIS
Half-Skeleton: +4 CON
Half-Dragonborn Half-Tiefling: +1 STR, CHA, INT
Land Squid: +2 DEX, CHA
Quarterling: +4 DEX
Gelatinous Cube: +4 CON, CHA
Half-Gelatinous Half-Dodecahedron: +4 CON, INT (halved)

 

[Chris_Nightwing]

Gelatinous Cube: +4 CON, CHA

QFT, those cubes should run for president.

 

[Bongo Bigguns]

Elves: +100 everything, 'cause elves totally rawk!!!

 

[Xethreau]

Elves: Dex, Wis
Eladrin: Dex, Int
Drow: Dex, Cha
Half-elf: Dex, Any mental ability
Humans: One physical ability, one mental ability
Dwarf: Con, Wis
Halfling: Dex, Cha
Dragonborn: Str, Wis
Tiefling: Str, Cha

 

[Xyl]

The Elves article in Dragon looks like it gives the ability modifiers for the three elven races in oblique form. Elves' modifiers are confirmed, of course, but I include them for comparison.

Elves: Dex, Wis. "As a race, elves are fleet of foot and agile. Though they are by no means stupid, they do not place the same value on learning and intellect that their eladrin cousins do. Rather, they value the wisdom of years and the truth of intuition and insight."

Eladrin: Dex, Int. "Eladrin share the grace and agility of their elf cousins but place more value on the developed intellect than on intuition and emotion. All eladrin are scholars to some degree, versed in the history of their race and the theories of magic and more inclined to calculate possible solutions than to run with a gut feeling."

Drow: Dex, Cha. "Drow share the agility of their cousins, which they often put to use in stealth and trickery. Although they are no taller than eladrins, they have a presence that often makes members of other races feel smaller and on edge -- a fury seems to be at constant boil behind their blank white eyes, ready to explode at the slightest provocation."

 

[small pumpkin man]

Can I ask where people are getting wis for Dwarves? I would have thought it would be int for the whole "making things" schtick.