Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3871281" data-attributes="member: 158">My experience differs as well, though my example does include &quot;comic&quot; effect. One of my favorite long-running characters was a Fighter with a 6 WIS score. His ability to frequently get 1's, 0's, and -1's on spot, listen, and sense motive checks became as much part of the fun of playing him as much as his well-thought out plans (high INT) that frequently fell apart in combat (low WIS). He wasn't weak-willed (Iron Will feat), but he frequently was distracted, and missed social cues all the time. One of my gaming group playtested a D&amp;D system of his own design which did this -- we shifted the math so that your ability score was your bonus, a number from 1 to 10, and basically shifted the DC's and AC's for everything up by five points. In the end, we switched back, because it drove us DARNED NUTS recalculating everything from spells to armor, to weapon damages and hit points. I've always preferred &quot;neutral/normal&quot; to be zero, not another number with the bottom being 1...&nbsp; :\</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3871281, member: 158"] My experience differs as well, though my example does include "comic" effect. One of my favorite long-running characters was a Fighter with a 6 WIS score. His ability to frequently get 1's, 0's, and -1's on spot, listen, and sense motive checks became as much part of the fun of playing him as much as his well-thought out plans (high INT) that frequently fell apart in combat (low WIS). He wasn't weak-willed (Iron Will feat), but he frequently was distracted, and missed social cues all the time. One of my gaming group playtested a D&D system of his own design which did this -- we shifted the math so that your ability score was your bonus, a number from 1 to 10, and basically shifted the DC's and AC's for [B]everything [/B] up by five points. In the end, we switched back, because it drove us DARNED NUTS recalculating everything from spells to armor, to weapon damages and hit points. I've always preferred "neutral/normal" to be zero, not another number with the bottom being 1... :\ [/QUOTE]

Verification