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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8679260" data-attributes="member: 6779196">It’s a well-known phenomenon that players will optimize the fun out of a game if they can. However, I don’t think this is the same thing. Numerical bonuses aren’t what make a character interesting or uninteresting. Having a 16 or 17 in my primary ability instead of 14 or 15 is going to have a significant impact on my gameplay experience because all of my attacks and all of my checks with that ability are going to be 5% less likely to succeed until at least 12th level (if the campaign even lasts that long, and if I don’t decide to get a feat at 4th or 8th level). Having a 14 or 16 in a secondary stat instead of a 12 or 13 is going to have a less significant impact on my gameplay experience because I’ll be rolling with that stat less often. But neither change is going to meaningfully affect how the character plays. I’ll be doing the same things in either case, just with different numbers. It’s features that make a character interesting, not stats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8679260, member: 6779196"] It’s a well-known phenomenon that players will optimize the fun out of a game if they can. However, I don’t think this is the same thing. Numerical bonuses aren’t what make a character interesting or uninteresting. Having a 16 or 17 in my primary ability instead of 14 or 15 is going to have a significant impact on my gameplay experience because all of my attacks and all of my checks with that ability are going to be 5% less likely to succeed until at least 12th level ([I]if[/I] the campaign even lasts that long, and [I]if[/I] I don’t decide to get a feat at 4th or 8th level). Having a 14 or 16 in a secondary stat instead of a 12 or 13 is going to have a less significant impact on my gameplay experience because I’ll be rolling with that stat less often. But neither change is going to meaningfully affect how the character plays. I’ll be doing the same things in either case, just with different numbers. It’s [I]features[/I] that make a character interesting, not [I]stats[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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