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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8459322" data-attributes="member: 87792">Allowing floating ASIs mostly takes away the power gaming element of picking a race that will ensure that I get to that +3 at first level. Me, I'd say that the actual power-gamers are those who want to arbitrarily ensure that some characters are lesser.Why do I want that +3? Because it feels bad not to make the obvious benchmark.&nbsp; It might not be that much of a difference in power (although it does add up a bit) but it feels bad not to make it.And yes you can play characters that don't measure up to the mark. But having them not measure up unless that is the explicit challenge I set out to achieve feels bad. It's like I can go hiking with dog piss in my boot, but why would I want to? It just feels bad for no reason.And to me that's what the floating ASIs change. They mean that entire swathes of potential character choices don't feel bad just to satisfy the desires of those who value some characters being significantly more powerful than others which, to me, is the essence of power gaming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 8459322, member: 87792"] Allowing floating ASIs mostly [I]takes away [/I]the power gaming element of picking a race that will ensure that I get to that +3 at first level. Me, I'd say that the actual power-gamers are those who want to arbitrarily ensure that some characters are lesser. Why do I want that +3? Because it feels bad not to make the obvious benchmark. It might not be [I]that[/I] much of a difference in power (although it does add up a bit) but it feels bad not to make it. And yes you [I]can[/I] play characters that don't measure up to the mark. But having them not measure up unless that is the [I]explicit[/I] challenge I set out to achieve feels bad. It's like I [I]can[/I] go hiking with dog piss in my boot, but why would I [I]want[/I] to? It just feels bad for no reason. And to me that's what the floating ASIs change. They mean that entire swathes of potential character choices don't feel bad just to satisfy the desires of those who value some characters being significantly more powerful than others which, to me, is the essence of power gaming. [/QUOTE]

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