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=== Ability score modifiers === | === Ability score modifiers === | ||
Each ability has an ability score modifier, which is derived from its ability score. | Each ability has an ability score modifier, which is derived from its ability score, that add their ability score modifiers to any ability checks, [[saving throws]] and [[attacks|attack rolls]] they make associated with that ability, as well as to the [[Difficulty Class]] (DC) of any spells that they cast. | ||
Creatures also add an ability score modifier to [[Initiative|initiative rolls]] and some [[damage|damage rolls]] they make, and some [[features]] allow creatures to add additional or alternative ability score modifiers to specific rolls. | |||
{{AbilityScoreModifierTable}} | {{AbilityScoreModifierTable}} | ||
An ability's modifier is decreased by ''1'' for every odd score below 10, and is increased by ''1'' for every even score above 10.{{note|Ability score modifiera cannot be increased beyond ''+10'', even if their respective ability scores are increased further.}} | |||
==== Spellcasting ability ==== | ==== Spellcasting ability ==== |