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<blockquote data-quote="Shard O'Glase" data-source="post: 679280" data-attributes="member: 1134"><p>I think the problem is the only place you will find that double bonus is in str. What double bonus do you get for chr, for con?(sure hp, and fort save but they don't stack in effect like str hit+damage) so to fix the cost of str(it ebing a very powerful stat) every other stat suffers. For every other stat it is a linear benefit and for str is isn't really a doubling it's more of a 25%-50% more effective from 14 to 18 than it is from 10 to 14.</p><p></p><p>Not that the rolling method solves the str dillema.</p><p></p><p>Personally I don't increase the cost at all. Other than for str it is a linear benefit, and I don't feel the need to keep stats as rare as they would be if we rolled, or to try and make characters fit a certain mold, or any of the other reasons people have for likeing the current method. I use 25 points though so an 18 still can end up failry rare.(cue various min/max arguments to try and disprove this) And if people take the 18 it costs them in other areas so its not an issue to me, nor is min/maxing for that matter though I know its an issue to others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shard O'Glase, post: 679280, member: 1134"] I think the problem is the only place you will find that double bonus is in str. What double bonus do you get for chr, for con?(sure hp, and fort save but they don't stack in effect like str hit+damage) so to fix the cost of str(it ebing a very powerful stat) every other stat suffers. For every other stat it is a linear benefit and for str is isn't really a doubling it's more of a 25%-50% more effective from 14 to 18 than it is from 10 to 14. Not that the rolling method solves the str dillema. Personally I don't increase the cost at all. Other than for str it is a linear benefit, and I don't feel the need to keep stats as rare as they would be if we rolled, or to try and make characters fit a certain mold, or any of the other reasons people have for likeing the current method. I use 25 points though so an 18 still can end up failry rare.(cue various min/max arguments to try and disprove this) And if people take the 18 it costs them in other areas so its not an issue to me, nor is min/maxing for that matter though I know its an issue to others. [/QUOTE]
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