User:Wizardoest/Read/Pathfinder Core Rulebook

When D&D 4e came out, Paizo took advantage of this gap (and the OGL) to produce what most gamers consider to be D&D 3.75. Now that I've been playing it for nearly two months, I thought that I would read it and post my thoughts.

Abilities

The effects of having a zero score is listed with the ability description. In d20 3.5 it was listed in the glossary.

Strength

A character with a Strength score of 0 is too weak to move in any way and is unconscious.

A character with Strength 0 falls to the ground and is helpless.

Why would someone with Str 0 fall unconscious? Especially since a Dex 0 creature is still conscious.

Dexterity

A character with a Dexterity score of 0 is incapable of moving and is effectively immobile (but not unconscious).

A character with Dexterity 0 is paralyzed.

Why not just define it as helpless? Applying paralyzed may allow it to be fixed by spells that remove the paralyzed condition?

Constitution

: A character with a Constitution score of 0 is dead.

: A character with Constitution 0 is dead.

Intelligence

: A character with an Intelligence score of 0 is comatose.

: A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious.

Wisdom

: A character with a Wisdom score of 0 is incapable of rational thought and is unconscious.

: A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious.

Charisma

: A character with a Charisma score of 0 is not able to exert himself in any way and is unconscious.

: A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious.

I prefer how in 3.5 that zeroed abilities applied defined conditions. This reduces ambiguity.