Automatic Bonus Progression and Ioun Stones: Advice Needed

[Magog]

I'm planning on running Shattered Star and was looking forward to using ABP, but I soon realized that Ioun Stones wouldn't exist under the ruleset. If you've read or played SS then you know Ioun Stones are pretty central to the plot, so what do I do? Forget using ABP? Make up some mumbo-jumbo and leave them in? If I do that, will it skew the balance of ABP? Thoughts?

[ericthecleric]

Well, normally the ability score-boosting ioun stones wouldn’t exist under the Automatic Bonus Progression system.

Given that the stat bonuses are only +2, by the time the PCs get to high levels, those bonuses won’t really matter. Also, spells like bear’s endurance and bull’s strength will also be available as well, which trump the +2. The bonuses probably therefore won’t matter in the medium-long term. It might make a slight difference in the short-term, but don’t worry about it. Just run with them as is, considering those ioun stones “special”, as they are part of an artifact.

[Dave Justus]

You could also just swap out enhancement bonus stones for different stones. There are quite a few to choose from after all.

[Bandw2]

i leave in the items with ABP, they don't stack since their enhancement bonuses and so they can buy the items to round out their stats if they REALLY want to.