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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5799801" data-attributes="member: 8461">I haven't seen any sort of variant of this idea in action, but on paper I don't like it.For one thing, it seems to lend itself to ability score bloat - now you absolutely need to inflate ALL of your ability scores, because those are your saving throws! This will prove doubly damning for those who don't inflate their ability scores, since presumably stronger enemies will somehow scale up the DCs of their saving throws, effectively punishing you for not boosting the relevant ability score.I've heard a lot about how 5E will lower the power curve, but bits like this (and the related material about having classes and races both give ability score modifiers) makes me wonder if it's just transfering the curve to a different part of the game.</blockquote>