New Posts For Thread: Do We Need Ability Score Increases?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_IncreasesDo level based ability score increases serve a purpose?Yes they slightly scale up your PCs capabilities, but that could be taken care of in other ways or completely removed.With a cap on stats of 20, ability score increases don't serve much value forExcept even under the current system you get "+1 to to two stats." So you boost your main stat and then one other... therein lies the choice, though I'll admit in most cases that second stat will be foreordained by build.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_Increases?post_id=526727949#526727949Except even under the current system you get "+1 to to two stats." So you boost your main stat and then one other... therein lies the choice, though I'll admit in most cases that second stat will be foreordained by build.Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:39:40 -0600+1 to all stats at level 10 coupled with points buy would certainly give players choices but you would need to bank any points you chould not spend if you wanted to wait to boost a stat above 15? And presumably no stat could be raised more than 1 pohttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_Increases?post_id=526704785#526704785+1 to all stats at level 10 coupled with points buy would certainly give players choices but you would need to bank any points you chould not spend if you wanted to wait to boost a stat above 15? And presumably no stat could be raised more than 1 poSat, 08 Dec 2012 07:10:22 -0600Increasing all stats wouldn't do much, relatively speaking.I'd prefer alternating +1 to all stats and +1 to your two lowest stats, or +1 to "anything other than your highest stats".Under the current ability score system, where every class has its onehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_Increases?post_id=526697335#526697335Increasing all stats wouldn't do much, relatively speaking.I'd prefer alternating +1 to all stats and +1 to your two lowest stats, or +1 to "anything other than your highest stats".Under the current ability score system, where every class has its oneFri, 07 Dec 2012 20:52:08 -0600I'd imagine something that starts players at a max of 16 in any attribute. The characters get 2 +1 bonuses to attributes at 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20. Maybe at 20 and 9 it could +1 to all atributes. Also, all atributes give attack bonuses in their categoryhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_Increases?post_id=526697329#526697329I'd imagine something that starts players at a max of 16 in any attribute. The characters get 2 +1 bonuses to attributes at 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20. Maybe at 20 and 9 it could +1 to all atributes. Also, all atributes give attack bonuses in their categoryFri, 07 Dec 2012 20:51:55 -0600I agree with those who said so before me... that's a surprisingly reasonable proposition.However, I think some choice in stat-bumps is still a good thing. Maybe look to a system halfway between your solution and the current mode. So maybe at levelhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29525643/Do_We_Need_Ability_Score_Increases?post_id=526696927#526696927I agree with those who said so before me... that's a surprisingly reasonable proposition.However, I think some choice in stat-bumps is still a good thing. Maybe look to a system halfway between your solution and the current mode. So maybe at levelFri, 07 Dec 2012 20:23:33 -0600