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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIndeed. In Palladium games there isn’t ability damage at all
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIn 3.5 wacky stuff happened (like dying or falling into a coma) when they drop to 0. I don’t remember if negative scores were possible then.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoIn 3.5 if you’re on a Con score of 3 (-4 modifier) and take 5 points of fort damage your Con reduces to zero and you’re dead. 0 means you have no ability in that attribute According to the d20srd ability damage section You pretty much end up either dead or helpless when an attribute goes to zero
minus-squareCrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIn 1st ed comeliness can be negative. Down to -30 iirc.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhich makes for the fun for ages 4–99, hyperbole
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoNot many 4 year old are interested with role play games in my circle. I also feel they’d be hard to DM/GM for
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoBut we have a perfect example of DM fiat here.
Scores cannot be negative
Depends on the game.
Indeed. In Palladium games there isn’t ability damage at all
You never met me
In 3.5 wacky stuff happened (like dying or falling into a coma) when they drop to 0. I don’t remember if negative scores were possible then.
In 3.5 if you’re on a Con score of 3 (-4 modifier) and take 5 points of fort damage your Con reduces to zero and you’re dead. 0 means you have no ability in that attribute
According to the d20srd ability damage section
You pretty much end up either dead or helpless when an attribute goes to zero
In 1st ed comeliness can be negative. Down to -30 iirc.
Which makes for the fun for ages 4–99, hyperbole
Not many 4 year old are interested with role play games in my circle. I also feel they’d be hard to DM/GM for
But we have a perfect example of DM fiat here.