Ability score increases


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One of my players pointed out that he couldn't find any explicit ruling on how ability scores increase exactly. The only mention is in Table 4-1 on page 13, but it doesn't say explicity whether one ability score increases by +1, or two different ability scores increase by +1, or something else.

Is this information missing, or did we just not find it?


There's no change from 3.5, meaning that every four levels, you get to increase one ability score by one point.

By the way, I wouldn't be averse to a double up every 4 levels (i.e. you get to increase two scores by one point each, without the option of incresing one by two)


KaeYoss wrote:

There's no change from 3.5, meaning that every four levels, you get to increase one ability score by one point.

By the way, I wouldn't be averse to a double up every 4 levels (i.e. you get to increase two scores by one point each, without the option of incresing one by two)

Thanks for the clarification. This is a good point. I guess the book says it it supposed to be an extension of 3.5, but for someone like me just starting to get into this, it would be helpful to add a line or paragraph about how adding feats and the ability score for level increase works.

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