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<blockquote data-quote="Hawken" data-source="post: 4820624" data-attributes="member: 23619">One of the few problems with that is usually &quot;dump&quot; stats are left at 10 or 11. The only time I've really seen (horrible die rolls aside) low stats is when they were generated by an online die roller or the person was using the point buy and really shooting for a high stat elsewhere. So, if dump stats were 10 or 11, your rule would have absolutely no effect. Did 4e change? I'm by no means and expert, nor do I play it (but I have read the books), but isn't the stat thing kind of an either/or situation? Use Dex or In, Wis or Cha, Str or Con? Or is that your idea to halve the bonuses between two stats? And are these bonuses inclusive or exclusive? Would you still halve your Con bonus to Fort? Or would 1/2 the Str mod just be a bonus?I think an unintended side effect is the opposite of what you're shooting for; exceptional stats are no longer exceptional. If you halve an 18 Con bonus, that damn good roll is now effectively a 14. And since a +1 rounds down, the common person how has an average range of 10-13 and a +2 stat boosting item becomes worthless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hawken, post: 4820624, member: 23619"] One of the few problems with that is usually "dump" stats are left at 10 or 11. The only time I've really seen (horrible die rolls aside) low stats is when they were generated by an online die roller or the person was using the point buy and really shooting for a high stat elsewhere. So, if dump stats were 10 or 11, your rule would have absolutely no effect. Did 4e change? I'm by no means and expert, nor do I play it (but I have read the books), but isn't the stat thing kind of an either/or situation? Use Dex or In, Wis or Cha, Str or Con? Or is that your idea to halve the bonuses between two stats? And are these bonuses inclusive or exclusive? Would you still halve your Con bonus to Fort? Or would 1/2 the Str mod just be a bonus? I think an unintended side effect is the opposite of what you're shooting for; exceptional stats are no longer exceptional. If you halve an 18 Con bonus, that damn good roll is now effectively a 14. And since a +1 rounds down, the common person how has an average range of 10-13 and a +2 stat boosting item becomes worthless. [/QUOTE]

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