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Tagged with ability-scores balance
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How can I reasonably prevent Manual of Bodily Health abuse? [closed]
I'm running D&D 5e. My players have recently come into possession of a Manual of Bodily Health. The very first thing they thought of was how to abuse it. They are planning on reading it and then ...
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Is it unbalanced to allow a player to move the tiefling's +1 Int bonus to a different ability score?
I'm in the planning phases of a campaign for D&D 5e, but using the Planescape setting. Since this setting is the one which introduced tieflings, I sent the table of potential tiefling traits to my ...
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Balance implications of +3 racial bonuses
Many races have a +2 bonus to one ability and a +1 bonus to another ability. They do not usually have +3 to a single ability.
I am wondering about the implications of having races with such bonuses in ...
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Do any serious balance issues result from this houserule: Floating Ability Score at Character Creation?
I've recently been considering the phenomenon that "unusual" race-class combinations are often 1 modifier behind on their primary ability score - i.e. that they would start, using point buy ...
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What are the possible balance implications for houseruling INT as Paladin's spellcasting ability and class features?
Related (yet different): What is the source of a Paladin's spell-casting ability?
Related (strongly): What are the impacts of changing a Ranger's spellcasting ability?
(I don't know if everything ...
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Is allowing Barbarian features to work with Dex-based attacks unbalanced?
The barbarian requires that you make attacks using Strength in order to get a number of benefits. This, to me, sounds very much like someone trying to enforce their personal notion of what a barbarian ...
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What are the impacts of changing a Ranger's spellcasting ability?
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As a follow up to this question: What are the impacts of allowing Rangers to cast Arcane spells?
If we assume that my DM is fine with letting the Ranger use the Wizard spell list instead of ...
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How to extend Pathfinder point buy to scores below 7?
In Pathfinder point buy, ability scores of lower than 7 (before adjustments from race) may not be bought with point buy.
What would be a balanced price for such low ability scores?
I am looking for ...
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How would a 15-point point buy for ability scores affect my game?
In my campaign I have 8 players. I'm thinking of lowering the point buy from 27 to 15 points (I assume it is the equal of rolling 3d6 like in older editions) to both have a session about an average ...
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Are there balance issues with homebrewing a magic item setting a character's Wisdom, Charisma, or Dexterity score to 19?
The DMG provides the following stat-increase items:
Gauntlet of Ogre Power (Strength)
Headband of Intellect (Intelligence)
Amulet of Health (Constitution)
Each of those set a stat to "19" unless it'...
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