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<blockquote data-quote="Wyvern" data-source="post: 7387008" data-attributes="member: 2374">Why are you telling me this? Do you think it's something I don't already know?Houserules are all well and good, but as I've already stated twice, they're not what I was asking about.Actually, that's already a rule, unless you're using encumbrance rules (which are explicitly described as a variant rule in 5e). Although the Str requirement for plate armor is 15, which seems more reasonable to me. (Or do you think that every medieval knight was built like Arnold Schwarzenegger?)Again, I'm not looking for more ways to utilize the ability scores. I'm trying to make a list, for reference, of the ways in which they are already used in the RAW. So that when teaching the game to new players, I can tell them &quot;The most important numbers are the ability modifiers; the actual scores aren't used except for determining how much you can carry, how far you can jump, etc..&quot;In any case, I think that my original question has been answered pretty thoroughly. The one thing that I haven't yet got an answer to, though I've asked twice already, is whether this site has a repository of rules information that I could post the list to so that other people can refer to it in future.Wyvern</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wyvern, post: 7387008, member: 2374"] Why are you telling me this? Do you think it's something I don't already know? Houserules are all well and good, but as I've already stated twice, they're not what I was asking about. Actually, that's [i]already[/i] a rule, unless you're using encumbrance rules (which are explicitly described as a [i]variant[/i] rule in 5e). Although the Str requirement for plate armor is 15, which seems more reasonable to me. (Or do you think that every medieval knight was built like Arnold Schwarzenegger?) Again, I'm not looking for more ways to utilize the ability scores. I'm trying to make a list, for reference, of the ways in which they [i]are already[/i] used in the RAW. So that when teaching the game to new players, I can tell them "The most important numbers are the ability modifiers; the actual scores aren't used [i]except for[/i] determining how much you can carry, how far you can jump, etc.." In any case, I think that my original question has been answered pretty thoroughly. The one thing that I haven't yet got an answer to, though I've asked twice already, is whether this site has a repository of rules information that I could post the list to so that other people can refer to it in future. Wyvern [/QUOTE]

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