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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pale Jackal" data-source="post: 4812042" data-attributes="member: 58878">The quest for balance is eternal!  But, a simple house rule to buff some of the weaker classes is what I'm after.  In particular, I once read something that suggested the warlock use their secondary stat instead of intelligence for their powers.  I.e. +Intelligence to damage reads +secondary stat.So assuming these classes are weaker than other classes, what are some reasonable suggestions?I was thinking of allowing the Warlock to get a bonus to damage equal to their secondary stat, or maybe half their secondary stat, but then that might mean Warlocks ignore their tertiary stat.  Maybe it could be a bonus equal to their tertiary stat?  This is kind of modeled after the Sorcerer bonus to damage.Maybe a similar solution would work with wizards?  I kind of like the idea of the bonus being equivalent to the tertiary stat, but perhaps that simply leads to "multiple attribute disorder" then again: this is purely a bonus, so maybe that's not so bad.  The wizard bonus should possibly be halved, since the wizard has more area attacks, and is a controller, rather than a striker.I'm not sure what to do with druids or paladins, since their role is a bit more complicated.Anyhow, let me know your thoughts, or if you've heard of any great previous solutions.  While I own the PHB2 and MM2, I'd kind of prefer to avoid solutions involving say, Arcane Power, especially since I've implemented the "20 point buy, but you get a +2 to the stat of your choice" house rule, which kind of renders Arcane Power's racial feat buffs unnecessary.</blockquote>

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