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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9244265" data-attributes="member: 12731">If this is an attempt to justify the earlier topic, that it's natural and good and right that rogues should not be able to jump and climb without wasting points in Strength, the I call naughty word.Let's agree that Gygax needed to draw some distinctions. He chose to single out Strength as one ability and Dexterity as another. He could have made a dozen other choices, like thousands of games have shown. These alternative solutions are just as valid as the one D&D uses. Each such choice funnels some actions into one ability and not into another. In the case of D&D it gets wonky if you try to be inflexible and say you need both Strength and Dexterity.Much better to think of Strength as the Fighter's physical ability and Dexterity as the Rogue's physical ability.</blockquote>