More Stat Points + Higher Stat Max + No Requirement to Use

Almost double the amount of stat points distributed over lifetime, higher individual stat ceiling in para creator, and you are not required to allocate all stat points.

I like playing with characters with a wider range of abilities, so I wanted to have more points to allocate but not have to allocate all of them for every character. I wanted the extra stat points to feel natural so they have been allocated throughout the lifespan, with 1 extra point given to toddlers, 1 extra to preteens, 2 extra to teens, 1 extra to young adults, and 1 given to adults.

Additionally, the maximum value of each stat has been increased to 5 to compensate for the almost doubled amount of total points and also to create more variety in parafolk's comparative stat levels. Increasing that stat maximum further breaks the UI.

Note I am still figuring out how to integrate the higher possible stat levels into the actual gameplay. This is essentially for flavor/roleplay right now but I am working on it.

Default vs Mod Stat Point Comparison by Life Stage

Default Toddler Stat Points 1

Mod Toddler Stat Points 2

Default Toddler Total 1

Mod Toddler Total 2

Default Child Stat Points 1

Mod Child Stat Points 1

Default Child Total 2

Mod Child Total 3

(The reason I gave no extra points to the child life stage is that I think every kid is kind of bad at at least one thing so I wanted to keep the point total for that stage below 4.)

Default Preteen Stat Points 1

Mod Preteen Stat Points 2

Default Preteen Total 3

Mod Preteen Total 5

Default Teen Stat Points 1

Mod Teen Stat Points 3

Default Teen Total 4

Mod Teen Total 8

(I reason I gave 2 extra to the teen life stage is because I feel that the teen years are a time of great change for most people and should have almost as much of a stat increase as the young adult stage in order to reflect that.)

Default Young Adult Stat Points: 3

Mod Young Adult Stat Points 4

Default YA Total 7

Mod YA Total 12

Default Adult & Elder Stat Points: 0

Default Adult & Elder Total 7

Mod Adult Stat Points 1

Mod Elder Stat Points 0

Mod Adult & Elder Total 13

(The reason I did add a point for Adults but did not ultimately add an additional point to the elder stage is that while I think it is reasonable to represent growth in adulthood, after the additional adult point you already have enough points to make super grandma/grandpa if you really want to by then and the extra point wasn't really doing much.)