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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8079220" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>It makes sense to design the game such that OVERALL you don't see one ability score relegated to insignificance, although I'm not sure they all have to really be equal, but there's little reason to do that on a single character level. In fact, what is the envisaged result? A character with all 13s, and maybe a 10 or a 15 here or there? That doesn't seem to fit with the original and primary goal of ability scores, which was to provide a way to characterize your character so that you would understand how to RP it and identify with it, and so it would be memorable. The most boring PC on earth is the one with all middle-of-the-road scores, IMHO. I don't want a system that promotes that (too much, its OK if that is your shtick). </p><p>My Catfolk has an 8 Wisdom. It really makes the character much more distinctive and interesting. I'm OK with that indicating a somewhat weaker will power or whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8079220, member: 82106"] It makes sense to design the game such that OVERALL you don't see one ability score relegated to insignificance, although I'm not sure they all have to really be equal, but there's little reason to do that on a single character level. In fact, what is the envisaged result? A character with all 13s, and maybe a 10 or a 15 here or there? That doesn't seem to fit with the original and primary goal of ability scores, which was to provide a way to characterize your character so that you would understand how to RP it and identify with it, and so it would be memorable. The most boring PC on earth is the one with all middle-of-the-road scores, IMHO. I don't want a system that promotes that (too much, its OK if that is your shtick). My Catfolk has an 8 Wisdom. It really makes the character much more distinctive and interesting. I'm OK with that indicating a somewhat weaker will power or whatever. [/QUOTE]
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