Not that it will ever happen in this game, but I've always wondered about the need for high numbers? Heck, cap human ability at 5 in any given stat and make 3 the average. Then you get like 2-3 points to assign, meaning you can't max more than one stat without gimping yourself in some area, and make every attribute useful. If Sawyer wants to realise his goal of no bad builds he'd need stats with MORE impact, not less, and look seriously into the interplay between stats, skills and talents to create interesting combos (to make a D&D analogy, Int 13 allowed Fighters to take Combat Expertise and unlock that feat tree which also carries Dex requirements and whatnot, it's the sort of thinking that should be expanded upon if you really want, say, a weak but charismatic fighter to work). A fighter of average Strength but high Dexterity could develop talents where he'd be accurate enough with piercing weapons to have a high probability of finding chinks in the armour and pretty much bypass plate mail. Oh, high Strength AND Dexterity would be even better at that, of course, but not without sacrificing a lot in other areas (intelligence, charisma) that could be useful if the game actually demanded said fighter to make use of such abilities. The problem, at its root, is that combat is 95% of most CRPG's and that there is no real use for skills like bartering and lore. Hell, often they're not even flavour choices because there is nothing there to taste to begin with.
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