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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 9106011" data-attributes="member: 6794067">The issue is that the game changed from having class level + magic items as the driver to class level + attribute bonus.&nbsp; It used to be that attributes were a significance at low levels to largely irrelevant at higher ones. Now, level is equal to attributes in importance due to bounded accuracy. That the strength score had other functions than combat bonuses was largely irrelevant. What was important was that they could transform their 1d8+2 damage to 1d8+8. At the level you would expect them to gain this item the fighter is doing 12 / 24 / 36 damage a round depending on their attacks and number of opponents. This had the effect that an item that increased an attribute by +4 netted a +2 attribute bonus. This could be considered worth 4-5 levels given bounded accuracy. Levels are less important in 5e than 1e.Whether or not this is a problem, per se, is up to the individual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 9106011, member: 6794067"] The issue is that the game changed from having class level + magic items as the driver to class level + attribute bonus. It used to be that attributes were a significance at low levels to largely irrelevant at higher ones. Now, level is equal to attributes in importance due to bounded accuracy. That the strength score had other functions than combat bonuses was largely irrelevant. What was important was that they could transform their 1d8+2 damage to 1d8+8. At the level you would expect them to gain this item the fighter is doing 12 / 24 / 36 damage a round depending on their attacks and number of opponents. This had the effect that an item that increased an attribute by +4 netted a +2 attribute bonus. This could be considered worth 4-5 levels given bounded accuracy. Levels are less important in 5e than 1e. Whether or not this is a problem, [I]per se[/I], is up to the individual. [/QUOTE]

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