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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowX" data-source="post: 3584477" data-attributes="member: 3720">This isn't even the beginning of what is wrong with stats and spellcasting.  Why does intelligence help a wizard cast spells?  I can see providing bonus spells or even limiting what spell levels you can cast, but why does it actually make your spells more powerful in terms of DC?  What about wisdom which makes little sense for druids and rangers if we want to explain charisma in 3rd edition terms.Obviously, the designers of 3rd edition wanted to give charisma some purpose, that is why there is a proliferation of abilities, particularly for monsters, that also depend on charisma.  However, with the advent of social interaction skills, it seems a perfect time to just dump charisma.  Of course, other simplifications of the ability score system would be nice, but D&D has a lot of history that precludes certain measures.</blockquote>