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I don't disagree, as even Player Core pg 24 Step 6 further illustrates your point... i just hate that the error replicates in a boxed set intended for beginners in a formative state of learning and is even currently the rule which a confused learner will see if they search the topic "key attribute" over on Archives of Nethys. This material has been out for a full year now, and in a game where every + and - impacts your critical threshold, it seems it should matter more to Paizo than to have it STILL standing in the game store copy, the PDF, the beginner box math, and the trusted Nethys website while it is the +1 that is baked in to Pathbuilder and Demiplane.

If this is indeed an error, then the +1 does not jive with the beginner box remaster, whereas the +2 WOULD jive with it. In the remastered beginner box, during character creation, you essentially get 6 points to boost your attributes... the Heroe's Handbook has every class boosting their key attribute by 3 and then getting a +1 to three other abilities of their choice. This seems much more in keeping with the Player Core pg 91 giving you a +2 to your key attribute and then all classes getting an additional 4 free boosts (again, total of 6). So, if we say Player Core pg 91 is a mistake, how then are we to account for all 4 classes in the beginner box remaster getting a total of 6 points of increase?

If this is indeed an error, then the +1 does not jive with the beginner box remaster, whereas the +2 WOULD jive with it. In the remastered beginner box, during character creation, you essentially get 6 points to boost your attributes... the Heroe's Handbook has every class boosting their key attribute by 3 and then getting a +1 to three other abilities of their choice. This seems much more in keeping with the Player Core pg 91 giving you a +2 to your key attribute and then all classes getting an additional 4 free boosts (again, total of 6). So, if we say Player Core pg 91 is a mistake, how then are we to account for all 4 classes in the beginner box remaster getting a total of 6 points of increase?