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<blockquote data-quote="Mattachine" data-source="post: 5848396" data-attributes="member: 6678226">I like the soft cap: don't provide many ways for characters to get stat increases.I am not, generally, in favor of ability-boost items. When the game includes them, they become the most important item for most characters to get--boost the main stat to make you the best at what you do. For my games, this meant that every character had the relevant stat boost item by mid-level (10-12th), and looked for ways to get an even better one. In 3e, this meant every character past a certain level had 2 or 3 stat boost items. If 5e features ability checks, such items will be even more important! GAH!If you present the idea that there are only these one or two ways to have increased stats, the cap takes care of itself. Certainly, different play styles might introduce additional ways to raise stats; those &quot;mods&quot; would have to then take higher ability scores into account.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mattachine, post: 5848396, member: 6678226"] I like the soft cap: don't provide many ways for characters to get stat increases. I am not, generally, in favor of ability-boost items. When the game includes them, they become the most important item for most characters to get--boost the main stat to make you the best at what you do. For my games, this meant that every character had the relevant stat boost item by mid-level (10-12th), and looked for ways to get an even better one. In 3e, this meant every character past a certain level had 2 or 3 stat boost items. If 5e features ability checks, such items will be even more important! GAH! If you present the idea that there are only these one or two ways to have increased stats, the cap takes care of itself. Certainly, different play styles might introduce additional ways to raise stats; those "mods" would have to then take higher ability scores into account. [/QUOTE]

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