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<blockquote data-quote="Gardens &amp;amp; Goblins" data-source="post: 7024432" data-attributes="member: 6846794">Interesting approach - thank you for sharing!Encounter design and an understanding of the benefits of strength (an appreciation of a world where a certain physicality is present) seems important. It's less a mechanical/rules approach and more a world building/encounter design.For example, we're fairly strict on encumbrance. Makes Strength much more appealing - none of the three active parties feature a member with a strength of less than 10, simple due to general junk adventures seem to need/insist on lugging about...and then there's treasure. The characters with better dex, in our groups at least, tend to be casters and rogues - with one ranger. While many will make the case that dexterity is the better stat, in our play it's not been a problem. [sblock]Sure, at much higher levels they may have access to all manner of wizzywig options, but our DM's still ensure a healthy collection of strength based challenges (or rather, moments where strength provides a boon), such as stuck doors, things in high places (while acrobatics may help navigate the rooftops, athletics gets you up there) and good old heavy-things-that-need-to-be/should-be moved - such as oak tables over trap doors, stone blockades and the unconscious cleric.I think it might also be due to our groups being comprised of folks who enjoy lifting heavy things in real life![/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gardens & Goblins, post: 7024432, member: 6846794"] Interesting approach - thank you for sharing! Encounter design and an understanding of the benefits of strength [I](an appreciation of a world where a certain physicality is present) [/I]seems important. It's less a mechanical/rules approach and more a world building/encounter design. For example, we're fairly strict on encumbrance. Makes Strength much more appealing - none of the three active parties feature a member with a strength of less than 10, simple due to general junk adventures seem to need/insist on lugging about. ..and then there's treasure. The characters with better dex, in our groups at least, tend to be casters and rogues - with one ranger. While many will make the case that dexterity is the better stat, in our play it's not been a problem. [sblock]Sure, at much higher levels they may have access to all manner of wizzywig options, but our DM's still ensure a healthy collection of strength based challenges [I](or rather, moments where strength provides a boon)[/I], such as stuck doors, things in high places [I](while acrobatics may help navigate the rooftops, athletics gets you up there) [/I] and good old heavy-things-that-need-to-be/should-be moved - such as oak tables over trap doors, stone blockades and the unconscious cleric. [I]I think it might also be due to our groups being comprised of folks who enjoy lifting heavy things in real life![/I][/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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