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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 7002555" data-attributes="member: 23716">This is news to me, as I never knew that they originally had the Warlock as an Int based caster but they changed it based on (closed, as it was not in the public) play test feed back.&nbsp; It makes sense, I'm sorry they switched it back to Charisma, and I say that as someone who is not usually a fan of symmetry based mechanics.&nbsp; I have often thought that the High Elf bonus to Int was often misplaced in this fashion as well.&nbsp; In AD&amp;D, Int was the mage/magic user casting stat so it made sense that the naturally using magic elves would get a bonus to the only Arcane caster stat.&nbsp; From 3e on, with the advent of the sorcerer (and now with the bard and the warlock), it makes more sense than ever to have the High Elf stat bonus be Char rather than Int.&nbsp; Though admittedly the PHB Sorcerer sub-classes don't really fit the traditional 'Elf' type role.&nbsp; The problem being that High Elf bonus to Int has become too calcified into the &quot;lore&quot; of D&amp;D to change without risk of backlash.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 7002555, member: 23716"] This is news to me, as I never knew that they originally had the Warlock as an Int based caster but they changed it based on (closed, as it was not in the public) play test feed back. It makes sense, I'm sorry they switched it back to Charisma, and I say that as someone who is not usually a fan of symmetry based mechanics. I have often thought that the High Elf bonus to Int was often misplaced in this fashion as well. In AD&D, Int was the mage/magic user casting stat so it made sense that the naturally using magic elves would get a bonus to the only Arcane caster stat. From 3e on, with the advent of the sorcerer (and now with the bard and the warlock), it makes more sense than ever to have the High Elf stat bonus be Char rather than Int. Though admittedly the PHB Sorcerer sub-classes don't really fit the traditional 'Elf' type role. The problem being that High Elf bonus to Int has become too calcified into the "lore" of D&D to change without risk of backlash. [/QUOTE]

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