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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6291529" data-attributes="member: 1210">Ahhh, I see I was not very clear about what I meant.It's not that all dms must use my gnome; it's that all players in a given gm's campaign must use that gm's gnomes. I am one of those old-skool types who put strong emphasis on the campaign's status as independent of any given pc (or group), and hold strongly to my ownership/authorial authority over the campaign. I love it when a player tries to add some lore to the game, but only if it fits in. I don't default to "Yes" when a pc comes up with background elements that didn't previously exist; I default to "Does this fit the campaign?"See, I disagree because of the odd stat phenomenon. Let's say I'm playing a character whose stats are all rolled at 13- not likely, I know, but let's start there. With no racial modifiers the character's total ability bonus is +6 (+1 per stat from 12-13).Now, examining three cases- the "+2, -2", the "+1 only" and the "+1, +1, -1" cases:With +2, -2, the pc's overall ability bonus remains +6.With +1 only, it increases to +7.With +1, +1, -1, it increases to +7 as well.The problem arises in that a pc with a mix of odd and even stats will almost surely place the +1s into odd stats (gaining an additional +2 to his total stat bonus) and his -1 into an even stat (losing nothing). THAT is the difference that I object to. I prefer the traditional +1, -1 scheme from 1e, but it simply doesn't work well with the current chart for ability bonuses, where every even stat is a significant increase but every odd stat is a meaningless decrease (or increase). To me, I find the breaking of that particular balance element highly distasteful.I suspect that the thinking behind the +1 by race in 5e is that the +1 by class will do half the lifting. I'm of a mixed mind, but trying to remain open to the end results. We'll have to wait and see.</blockquote>

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