Quote from: Wrath of God on March 30, 2024, 11:40:00 AM
Should they? I mean Strenght attribute is not the same thing as Strength as real thing I would say.
For instance in terms of D&D it usually influences precision of melee attacks.

Which in some cases - let's say axes have a lot of sense, but let's say with spear... bit less. (That's why spear is traditionally weapon for women - if they need to have one).
So while not as much as other attributes, if we look at what Strength influences in actual game, even it, simplest of attributes can be bitof hodgepodge.

Honestly, while I know why it was set up for Strength to improve melee attacks; I think overall making the to-hit modifier for weapon attacks exclusive to class and level would both reduce complexity and improve both balance and realism.

Give weapons Strength minimums and let Strength affect damage dealt and that should be sufficient to make it desirable for warriors to have a good strength, but not much so that a female warrior concept employing a polearm would be ridiculously underpowered.

Quote from: Wtrmute on March 20, 2023, 02:47:30 PM
Yes, when talking about IQ, women are on average ever-so-slightly more intelligent (although I don't think the difference could be captured on a 3d6 roll) than men, but also have a smaller standard deviation (that one definitely can't be captured with a 3d6 roll).

Sure it can. If we ignore the 'reeeeee' and take male humans as the 'default adventurer':

Male Strength: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Strength: - 2d4+1d6 - min 3, median 8.5, max 14

Male Dexterity: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Dexterity: 2d6+1d4+2 - min 5, median 11.5, max 18

Male Constitution: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Constitution: 2d6+1d4+2 - min 5, median 11.5, max 18

Male Intelligence: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Intelligence: 3d4+4 - min 7, median 11.5, max 16

Male Charisma: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Charisma: 1d6+2d4+3 - min 6, median 11.5, max 17

Male Wisdom: 3d6 - min 3, median 10.5, max 18
Female Wisdom: 1d6+2d4+3 - min 6, median 11.5, max 17


As ppl said, "testosterone is a hell of a drug".

I wouldn't do this myself unless I wanted to make some kind of political point about human biodiversity, but I've got better hills to die on.

I've given the players the option of +1 to any one stat and -1 to any one stat to represent WHATEVER they want to represent for their character. AKA, they can represent age issues, injuries, training, biological differences, etc.

Thus the player who wants to give -1 STR and +1 CHA to their Elf Chick PC can do so without anyone else feeling that all women of the world have been offended by the game.

I'm not sure I'd put lower limits to female Cha and Wis, while giving them full scope of Dex and Con.