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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7814128" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>On one side, this will prevent things like Half-Orc wizards (assuming their low is INT), but considering the average low in a rolled situation this will basically always be a penalty score.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, you put a race with a penalty to CON and it will plummet in popularity. Put one with a penalty in DEX and you'll only see heavy armor wearers of that race, either casters or STR weapon wielders.</p><p></p><p>Worse, it affects other concepts. I want to play the blunt halfling. Oh sorry, your CHR has to be higher than your STR, because your STR will take your lowest score. Regardless if you want to play a low CHR character.</p><p></p><p>With 4d6 drop the lowest, it is exceeding unlikely statistically that it would be a 13,so it will stop multiclassing into anything with it. Say a dwarf subrace has a DLAB of DEX - that means that that basically that entire race can't multiclass into rogues.</p><p></p><p>I think it prevents some unusual characters, where the ability scores and the classes don't line up, by giving every member of that (sub)race to have a low and likely penalty score in the same place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7814128, member: 20564"] On one side, this will prevent things like Half-Orc wizards (assuming their low is INT), but considering the average low in a rolled situation this will basically always be a penalty score. On the other hand, you put a race with a penalty to CON and it will plummet in popularity. Put one with a penalty in DEX and you'll only see heavy armor wearers of that race, either casters or STR weapon wielders. Worse, it affects other concepts. I want to play the blunt halfling. Oh sorry, your CHR has to be higher than your STR, because your STR will take your lowest score. Regardless if you want to play a low CHR character. With 4d6 drop the lowest, it is exceeding unlikely statistically that it would be a 13,so it will stop multiclassing into anything with it. Say a dwarf subrace has a DLAB of DEX - that means that that basically that entire race can't multiclass into rogues. I think it prevents some unusual characters, where the ability scores and the classes don't line up, by giving every member of that (sub)race to have a low and likely penalty score in the same place. [/QUOTE]
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