Talk:Soul-Suffused (3.5e Template)

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+1 Constitution[edit]

You may want +2. Things about odd numbers buggering with point buy, etc etc. That is all, I'll read the rest in full later. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 12:52, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

The idea behind the +1 Constitution modifier was to allow the soul-suffused to shape an extra soulmeld (the number of soulmelds a character can shape is capped at their Consititution score −10, kind of like a spellcaster's maximum spell level). However, I didn't want to actually change the character's Constitution modifier without lowering another ability score, and there's really no ability score suitable for lowering.
TL;DR: the Constitution boost is meant to be a minor benefit, not something that makes the character substantially stronger all by itself. Unless they're a meldshaper. --Luigifan18 (talk) 13:19, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
May as well go with giving an effective +1 Con for soulmelding, or just "+1 extra soulmeld" then, rather than affecting Con directly. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 13:30, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Seconded, +1 to ability scores is hella weird and has strange game interactions in some niche cases. --Ghostwheel (talk) 11:00, 30 October 2015 (UTC)