Drakevarg
2010-05-19, 05:28 PM
This is a bit of idle musing, really, but I thought I'd run it up a flagpole and see who salutes it.
Thing is, I'm honestly not a fan of the whole "Wizard with 40 INT" thing. Or any other variation of "<class> with 40 <attribute>". I just think it's a bit much. So, with that in mind, I thought up this houserule-
The maximum level of any inherent ability score is (20 + Racial Modifier).
Meaning, the most powerful a human character can get when stark naked in an anti-magic field (or in more sane terms, without buffs and without magic items), is 20. Anything more is simply beyond human capacity to pull off. An elf has different standards, capable of having 22 DEX but only 18 CON. Because these are the limits of elven development.
Like I said, this is just idle musing, but I thought I'd see what the Playground thought.
Thing is, I'm honestly not a fan of the whole "Wizard with 40 INT" thing. Or any other variation of "<class> with 40 <attribute>". I just think it's a bit much. So, with that in mind, I thought up this houserule-
The maximum level of any inherent ability score is (20 + Racial Modifier).
Meaning, the most powerful a human character can get when stark naked in an anti-magic field (or in more sane terms, without buffs and without magic items), is 20. Anything more is simply beyond human capacity to pull off. An elf has different standards, capable of having 22 DEX but only 18 CON. Because these are the limits of elven development.
Like I said, this is just idle musing, but I thought I'd see what the Playground thought.