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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7321161" data-attributes="member: 50987">Thanks for the input everyone, here's what I ultimately went with.  From my house rules:"Intelligence determines how many magic items your character may have attuned at any one time, as described below: -- Characters with Intelligence 9 or less may attune 2 magic items (one fewer than described in the PHB). -- Characters with Intelligence 10-15 may attune 3 magic items (as described in the PHB). -- Characters with Intelligence 16+ may attune 4 magic items (one more than described in the PHB)."I put a lot of thought into it.I went with the +1/-1 model for magic item attunement because it worked in two directions: it gave a bonus for having a high Int as well as a penalty for having a low Int.  I set the requirements high enough to avoid cherry-picking, but low enough to make them attainable-yet-difficult: mid-level characters will have to struggle over whether or not to take feats, boost their primary stat, or boost their Int to gain one extra attunement.  And lastly, I capped the bonus/penalty at 1 point to avoid The Wizard Problem, as well as magic item exploitation--intelligence boosting magic items aren't going to help you gain attunements.Anyway.  I'll keep you guys posted on whether or not the attunement tweaks cause problems down the road.</blockquote>