What's your dump stat?

[Xath]

In the thread asking which stat people made high regularly, I noticed that many people didn't have a normal high stat, so much as they had a stat that was always low. Many people have both.

I, for example, don't like to put a high score in Wisdom unless I'm playing a cleric. I like playing characters who are impulsive and reckless, and I just don't think I can justify that with a high Wis.

Any thoughts?

 

[BSF]

Current Character? Strength. I'm playing a bard. Con and Wis are the next dump stats. Go figure, Cha is my high stat. Followed by Dex & Int - both are now 16.

 

[diaglo]

for the 2000ed and 3.11ed for workgroups it is blatantly obvious Cha is the dump stat.

 

[ThoughtBubble]

Dump stat? Thanks, but I prefer to not have anything low if I can help it (unless it's a dictate of the character I've created). The ghought of being bad at something from the get go just seems painful. Though my most 'not a dump stat' is wisdom, simply because I tend to notice what other people are up to fairly quickly, and have a hard time always sitting on said information since my character wouldn't have figured it out.

I suppose, if i had to have a dump stat, it'd be strength and I'd play a wizard. Though I've never actually gotten to play one yet.

 

[hong]

for the 2000ed and 3.11ed for workgroups it is blatantly obvious Cha is the dump stat.

Has it ever _not_ been a dump stat, though?

 

[Creamsteak]

I've recently started "dumping" dexterity. It's so important and all, but right now I've been focusing a lot on my full-plate wearing Fighter.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Well, because I tend to play Paladins-- I often times make Con my dump stat... that whole divine health thing helps out... and I always take the Toughness feat (House Rule- 3 hp/level instead of just the 3 hp)...

So, I put my low stat in con and make up for it that way.

 

[irdeggman]

In 2nd ed it was charisma, but with the new structure of 3.0/3.5 there really isn't a clear dump stat anymore. Every stat has some concrete uses and depending on the class being run some are more valuable than others.

 

[tarchon]

We don't usually roll for that, but whatever floats your boat.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

for the 2000ed and 3.11ed for workgroups it is blatantly obvious Cha is the dump stat.

Bards, sorcerers, clerics, paladins, druids & rangers who plan to use Handle Animal, and rogues who rely on interaction skills would all beg to differ.

I'd argue Cha was a dump stat in 1E/2E, certainly, but the latest versions of the game do a pretty good job of making most of the attributes have important roles -- ask howandwhy99 if he wishes his Cha maodifier were higher.