LentilNinja
2014-04-17, 11:11 AM
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Creatures_as_Races#Ability_Scores_for_Monster_ PCs
While a monsters statistics give the ability scores for a typical creature of a certain kind, any “monster” creature that becomes an adventurer is definitely not typical. Therefore, when creating a PC from a creature, check to see if the creature’s entry has any ability scores of 10 or higher. If so, for each score, subtract 10 (if the score is even) or 11 (if the score is odd) to get the creature’s modifier for that ability based on its race or kind. Generate the character’s ability scores as normal, then add the racial ability modifiers to get their ability scores.
So I took the Black Bear as an example:
Str 19, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Does this mean if someone played as a black bear, they'd get a STR modifier of +8 after buying their points?
I don't understand how you use the tables for it either. It doesn't seem very self explanatory.
While a monsters statistics give the ability scores for a typical creature of a certain kind, any “monster” creature that becomes an adventurer is definitely not typical. Therefore, when creating a PC from a creature, check to see if the creature’s entry has any ability scores of 10 or higher. If so, for each score, subtract 10 (if the score is even) or 11 (if the score is odd) to get the creature’s modifier for that ability based on its race or kind. Generate the character’s ability scores as normal, then add the racial ability modifiers to get their ability scores.
So I took the Black Bear as an example:
Str 19, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Does this mean if someone played as a black bear, they'd get a STR modifier of +8 after buying their points?
I don't understand how you use the tables for it either. It doesn't seem very self explanatory.