I am playing a half-orc barbarian with a soldier background (2014 legacy version).
I get ability score increases from both soldiers and half-orcs, but for some reason, my race feature ability bonus isn't being added automatically. Do I have to manually override this, or did I do something wrong?
For example, for Strength, I rolled 16. I chose +2 to strength via the soldier background BUT there are no race bonus features. Am I wrong about the ability bonuses stacking? Or should I actually have 18 for strength right now.
I tried doing a similar thing and changed my race to Goliath and the race bonuses there don't exist. Is it because of the 2024 version that these options don't exist anymore?
I am playing a half-orc barbarian with a soldier background (2014 legacy version).
I get ability score increases from both soldiers and half-orcs, but for some reason, my race feature ability bonus isn't being added automatically. Do I have to manually override this, or did I do something wrong?
For example, for Strength, I rolled 16. I chose +2 to strength via the soldier background BUT there are no race bonus features. Am I wrong about the ability bonuses stacking? Or should I actually have 18 for strength right now.
I tried doing a similar thing and changed my race to Goliath and the race bonuses there don't exist. Is it because of the 2024 version that these options don't exist anymore?
Yes, you are wrong about the ability bonuses stacking. If you're playing under 2014 rules, you get your ability score bonuses from your species. If you're using 2024 rules, you get them from your background. You never get both on the same character.
If you want the old behavior, choose the 2014 version of your character class on the Class tab.
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I am playing a half-orc barbarian with a soldier background (2014 legacy version).
I get ability score increases from both soldiers and half-orcs, but for some reason, my race feature ability bonus isn't being added automatically. Do I have to manually override this, or did I do something wrong?
For example, for Strength, I rolled 16. I chose +2 to strength via the soldier background BUT there are no race bonus features. Am I wrong about the ability bonuses stacking? Or should I actually have 18 for strength right now.
I tried doing a similar thing and changed my race to Goliath and the race bonuses there don't exist. Is it because of the 2024 version that these options don't exist anymore?
Yes, you are wrong about the ability bonuses stacking. If you're playing under 2014 rules, you get your ability score bonuses from your species. If you're using 2024 rules, you get them from your background. You never get both on the same character.
If you want the old behavior, choose the 2014 version of your character class on the Class tab.