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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 9646864" data-attributes="member: 67296">The abilities themselves aren’t very far from being balanced, but you’re right, the game favours some more than others.Dexterity is not overpowered because it allows everything; it’s overpowered because the game is overly generous with ranged combat and underplays encumbrance.Intelligence mostly lacks more classes depending on it (i wish warlock had been an Intelligence class for more symmetry), and number of skills known are no longer dependent on it. As for investigation, it is cheapened by the fact that Perception is often used for situations that should require investigation instead (« finding things » should be investigation, « spotting ambushes » should be what perception is for). Also, there are no art-of-war/strategy/tactics Int-based skill to make it a worthwhile 4th stat for some martials.Without the all-powerful Perception doing all the lifting, Wisdom is no longer the king of mental stats and becomes balanced with Charisma, especially if Warlock uses Intelligence as a casting stat.It would also help if spells targeted more defences than Dex/Con/Wis. 5e24 had an opportunity for that, but they didn’t go (far) in that direction.</blockquote>