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Unread 06-04-2013, 08:52 PM   #6
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It's actually;
[d10 x (Offensive Ability + relevant Proficiency)] vs. [d10 x (Defensive Ability + relevant Proficiency)]

And when it's vs. a DC then it's [d10 x (Relevant Ability + Relevant Proficiency)] vs. [DC#]
Ah, gotcha. So is it an assumption of the system that starting players will look sort of "lumpy" in their points, with a bunch of low areas to facilitate higher scores?
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Not quite sure what you're asking here but I'll try to explain how this works a bit more:

Proficiencies are added to your 'Ability' modifier only when preforming a related activity. If you are Climbing a cliff face for example, you get to add your Climbing Proficiency to your Ability multiplier (the Ability in this case being your Grapple score).
I see, that's what I suspected. I think my initial concern was the fact that you originally could opt out of a Proficiency in order to get a new Ability point; Since base Ability points applied to everything while Proficiencies were narrow, it seemed to always make sense to just take the Ability bump.
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