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Where are the Mental Stat Bonuses?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 2482981" data-attributes="member: 5777"><p>Actually, I think that in a properly run campaign a +2 to 'any' stat can very well be balanced in a race with a -2 in 'any' stat.</p><p></p><p>Sure, there are some combinations which will appear to be better for one reason or another, but there will be other factors to balance out the bonus.</p><p></p><p>Some races are simply built to do certain things better than anyone else and do something else worse than anything else.</p><p></p><p>Going by the +2 str/-2 cha guy above he will be worse in many social situations, will have a harder time in a number of classes (thereby limiting his options overall), and will be more susceptible to a few different types of charisma damaging attacks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It can be difficult at times, but then lots of things in the game can be so <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It just takes some finessing on occasion. Not really anymore than other parts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scion, post: 2482981, member: 5777"] Actually, I think that in a properly run campaign a +2 to 'any' stat can very well be balanced in a race with a -2 in 'any' stat. Sure, there are some combinations which will appear to be better for one reason or another, but there will be other factors to balance out the bonus. Some races are simply built to do certain things better than anyone else and do something else worse than anything else. Going by the +2 str/-2 cha guy above he will be worse in many social situations, will have a harder time in a number of classes (thereby limiting his options overall), and will be more susceptible to a few different types of charisma damaging attacks. It can be difficult at times, but then lots of things in the game can be so ;) It just takes some finessing on occasion. Not really anymore than other parts. [/QUOTE]
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