notXanathar
2019-09-19, 02:23 PM
While reading the Pathfinder 2e playtest, I really liked the idea that named saving throws(fort, ref, will) could be tied to 2 abilities, using the highest. This would explain why they were distinct from the ability score saves of 5e, which I love, and which I think grants the designer much more space to think. However, the biggest problem for me, as with a lot of people I think, was this: the traditional ability scores go with each save, strength goes with fort obviously, charisma goes with will because it is the ability of mental force, and by default that leaves... intelligence with reflex saves, which makes no sense.
I have gone away and thought about it, and come up with the following solution, which you may dislike, but makes sense in my brain. Wisdom goes with reflex saves, allowing Intelligence to go with will. This works because in order to dodge something, which is what a reflex save is, you are testing not only whether a character can move away in time, but whether a character can notice the effect and dodge out of the way, like the 5e barbarians danger sense. It seems to me to make a lot of sense, or at least enough sense to justify the mechanic, which the previous one did not.
Anyway, that's the proposal, please give me your thoughts.
thanks.
I have gone away and thought about it, and come up with the following solution, which you may dislike, but makes sense in my brain. Wisdom goes with reflex saves, allowing Intelligence to go with will. This works because in order to dodge something, which is what a reflex save is, you are testing not only whether a character can move away in time, but whether a character can notice the effect and dodge out of the way, like the 5e barbarians danger sense. It seems to me to make a lot of sense, or at least enough sense to justify the mechanic, which the previous one did not.
Anyway, that's the proposal, please give me your thoughts.
thanks.