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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6077380" data-attributes="member: 7006">The one advantage of this way of thinking is that it eliminates all the arguments on the &quot;high end&quot; of the ability score scale.&nbsp; Current arguments against the DDN ability bonuses is that since the Human gets +1 to all six scores and another +1 to any one (thereby giving one score a +2)... it infers to us all that the smartest Human is always smarter than the smartest Elf, and the healthiest Human is always healthier than the healthiest Dwarf, etc.&nbsp; Which means Elves, Dwarves etc. are indeed not more of any ability compared to a baseline (which traditionally was the Human), and indeed are now less than Human.By setting minimums for ability scores for the other races... it basically reverses that.&nbsp; It tells us that even the least healthy Dwarf is always healthier than the least healthy of any other race.&nbsp; Which therein makes a lot of sense.&nbsp; Now granted, because there are no bonuses to scores... the healthiest of any race is equal to every other race, so the pinnacle of Dwarven constitution is on par with the pinnacle of Human, Elven, Halfling etc... but that's perhaps slightly more acceptable to players?&nbsp; The Dwarven people on average have higher constitutions than every other race (just based on how a point buy arrangement would have to work out because CON could never be the Dwarf's dump stat.)&nbsp; But at the pinnacle of achievement, all races reach the 99% and at that level you really can't split the hairs between the individual races.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6077380, member: 7006"] The one advantage of this way of thinking is that it eliminates all the arguments on the "high end" of the ability score scale. Current arguments against the DDN ability bonuses is that since the Human gets +1 to all six scores and another +1 to any one (thereby giving one score a +2)... it infers to us all that the smartest Human is always smarter than the smartest Elf, and the healthiest Human is always healthier than the healthiest Dwarf, etc. Which means Elves, Dwarves etc. are indeed not [I]more[/I] of any ability compared to a baseline (which traditionally was the Human), and indeed are now [I]less[/I] than Human. By setting minimums for ability scores for the other races... it basically reverses that. It tells us that even the least healthy Dwarf is always healthier than the least healthy of any other race. Which therein makes a lot of sense. Now granted, because there are no bonuses to scores... the healthiest of any race is equal to every other race, so the pinnacle of Dwarven constitution is on par with the pinnacle of Human, Elven, Halfling etc... but that's perhaps slightly more acceptable to players? The Dwarven people [I]on average[/I] have higher constitutions than every other race (just based on how a point buy arrangement would have to work out because CON could never be the Dwarf's dump stat.) But at the pinnacle of achievement, all races reach the 99% and at that level you really can't split the hairs between the individual races. [/QUOTE]

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