Okay. Giving it a second thought I think specifically giving them the ability to increase one of the mental stats may be a good idea, so long as the philosophy is that they can be as good at it as casters and not just not horrible. Maybe giving them the choice of boosting all ability-Checks and saving throws of one of those by 1 every ASI, but under the premise that this + the stat bonus doesn’t exceed 5.
Definetly. Though some role-players might find it annoying that it creates the impression that your character just eventually becomes decent at everything.
In 5e, yes. You would eventually become good at everything since DCs aren’t all that high. There are things you could do to combat that, but at that point you’d be homebrewing your own rpg system :P
Okay. Giving it a second thought I think specifically giving them the ability to increase one of the mental stats may be a good idea, so long as the philosophy is that they can be as good at it as casters and not just not horrible. Maybe giving them the choice of boosting all ability-Checks and saving throws of one of those by 1 every ASI, but under the premise that this + the stat bonus doesn’t exceed 5.
You could just give players multiple ASIs, but they can’t be applied to the same stat
Or that. I think it stills leaves room for Shenanigans though.
Of course, but it favors the RPer who just wants to be decent more than the minmaxer, since it encourages breadth not depth.
Definetly. Though some role-players might find it annoying that it creates the impression that your character just eventually becomes decent at everything.
In 5e, yes. You would eventually become good at everything since DCs aren’t all that high. There are things you could do to combat that, but at that point you’d be homebrewing your own rpg system :P