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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8532218" data-attributes="member: 67296">7 has a lot of numerological significance, but it's a weird number to play with (being a prime number and all). So either you aim for some symmetry (like D&D's 3 physical and 3 mental stats, or World of Darkness' 3 physical, 3 social, and 3 mental stats), or you treat each ability independently (like Legend of the Five Ring's air/water/earth/fire/void or The One Ring's strength/heart/wits). Since D&D is already built on some symmetry, adding a 7th stat is a bit odd (no pun intended).As other said, class dependency on stats is unequal. Wizards with high Int only lives on just fine. Paladin with only high Cha finds life harder. It's hard for me to imagine how they could lean on (only) two (without a more serious re-work of the classes that is).Str, Dex, and Con is a bit weird. Many are adverse to merging Str and Con because one shouldn't need to be strong to be healthy but then again, one shouldn't need to be fast to be dexterous or nimble either. So while I'm not against splitting Dex per se, splitting Dex and merging Str+Con is solving one problem to create another.In that regard, making it a 8-ability system would work better. Wisdom is already bit of a messy amalgam and could easily be split but in the end, would it really be worth it? As it stands, there is a balance between the 3 physical and 3 mental stats. It's most visible in spells and corresponding saving throws. More stats = more ways to stretch yourself thin, or on the contrary, dumping more stats to pump the most important ones to game the system. In the end, I'm quite satisfied with the system as it is.I'll have to go back into the thread and learn a bit more about your perceived problem to offer more constructive insight.</blockquote>

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