For example, if you have disadvantage and roll a 17 and a 5, you use the 5. Use the higher of the two rolls if you have advantage, and use the lower roll if you have disadvantage. When that happens, you roll a second d20 when you make the roll. Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a saving throw, or an attack roll. The Ability Scores and Modifiers table notes the ability modifiers for the range of possible ability scores, from 1 to 30. Adventurers can have scores as high as 20, and monsters and divine beings can have scores as high as 30.Įach ability also has a modifier, derived from the score and ranging from -5 (for an ability score of 1) to +10 (for a score of 30). A score of 18 is the highest that a person usually reaches. An ability score is not just a measure of innate capabilities, but also encompasses a creature's training and competence in activities related to that ability.Ī score of 10 or 11 is the normal human average, but adventurers and many monsters are a cut above average in most abilities. Ability Scores and ModifiersĮach of a creature's abilities has a score, a number that defines the magnitude of that ability. The Introduction describes the basic rule behind these rolls: roll a d20, add an ability modifier derived from one of the six ability scores, and compare the total to a target number. The three main rolls of the game - the ability check, the saving throw, and the attack roll - rely on the six ability scores.

Is a character muscle-bound and insightful? Brilliant and charming? Nimble and hardy? Ability scores define these qualities-a creature's assets as well as weaknesses. Charisma, measuring force of personality.Wisdom, measuring perception and insight.Intelligence, measuring reasoning and memory.

Six abilities provide a quick description of every creature's physical and mental characteristics: Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

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