New Posts For Thread: Ability Scores and Modifiers - toning it down a bithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bitI had an idea after looking at bonuses to attacks and damage in earlier editions of d&d. How about toning down the modifiers for checks, saves, and attacks and keep the modifiers for damage as they are now.Basically you get thisAbility ScoreYes, I suppose I'd prefer everybody get +1 to hit rather than just the guy who has pumped all his points into once stat at the expense of the others. I'd advocate awarding benefits other than bonuses for higher stats - something along the lines of thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bit?post_id=525034937#525034937Yes, I suppose I'd prefer everybody get +1 to hit rather than just the guy who has pumped all his points into once stat at the expense of the others. I'd advocate awarding benefits other than bonuses for higher stats - something along the lines of tFri, 12 Oct 2012 17:51:45 -0500I posted weeks back a way to roll for modifiers, the DM can set any min/ave/max range they want. It combines the notion of point buy balanced PC, forcing a random roll to be bounded.A pool of d6 is used to randomly assign modifiers to each ability (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bit?post_id=525034581#525034581I posted weeks back a way to roll for modifiers, the DM can set any min/ave/max range they want. It combines the notion of point buy balanced PC, forcing a random roll to be bounded.A pool of d6 is used to randomly assign modifiers to each ability (Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:40:17 -0500See I didn't play much 4e but I never had much trouble with people 2-3 levels out of sync before. It makes me wonder if what I'm seeing is more of a kneejerk reaction to the intolerances of 4e's design and now they're swinging it too far in the otherhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bit?post_id=525034103#525034103See I didn't play much 4e but I never had much trouble with people 2-3 levels out of sync before. It makes me wonder if what I'm seeing is more of a kneejerk reaction to the intolerances of 4e's design and now they're swinging it too far in the otherFri, 12 Oct 2012 17:27:46 -0500All well and good but when you feed the bonuses into the attack rolls that girl with 18 strength isn't going to be a rogue or cleric or warlock. Admittedly, even under earlier rules these were less likely combinations but nonetheless, they were stihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bit?post_id=525032939#525032939All well and good but when you feed the bonuses into the attack rolls that girl with 18 strength isn't going to be a rogue or cleric or warlock. Admittedly, even under earlier rules these were less likely combinations but nonetheless, they were stiFri, 12 Oct 2012 16:55:24 -0500Ability mod range is a matter of personal preference.To me, PCs are freak. The guy with all 10s sticks to the town guard. The girl with a 18 or the kid with 4 14s knows they are better that others, are treated less harshly by Survival of the Fittest,http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425699/Ability_Scores_and_Modifiers_-_toning_it_down_a_bit?post_id=525031369#525031369Ability mod range is a matter of personal preference.To me, PCs are freak. The guy with all 10s sticks to the town guard. The girl with a 18 or the kid with 4 14s knows they are better that others, are treated less harshly by Survival of the Fittest,Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:13:04 -0500