Example to make this clearer :
- My Dwarf Paladin has a real Str of 14.
- He just found a magical belt that raises his Str above 20.
- He gained level 4 and does a Long Rest, but cannot use the Ability score improvement to boost his real Str 14 without first cancelling the whole rest/levelling, reloading a save and removing the magical item to redo the levelling.
It is probably not a priority bug, as it is easy for the player to understand the bug and restart (presuming they had the wits to do a save game before levelling).
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Why are you raising his actual strength, if he has a belt of giant strength? Seems like I would take a feat or put the points into somewhere else on my character. I can see what you are saying, in your comment about the game thinking you have a 21 strength, instead of your actual 14. That might be harder for them to fix, though and not sure how many people will raise up their 14 str to 16, while wearing a belt of giant strength! :)
Why are you raising his actual strength, if he has a belt of giant strength? Seems like I would take a feat or put the points into somewhere else on my character. I can see what you are saying, in your comment about the game thinking you have a 21 strength, instead of your actual 14. That might be harder for them to fix, though and not sure how many people will raise up their 14 str to 16, while wearing a belt of giant strength! :)
Ultimately, I improved his Con for both better HP and Con saves.
The idea though is that, a player could decide to increase Str and transfer the magical item unto another character. My Dwarf Clerc would love 21 Strength also. :P
Note the issue would occur for less powerful items like an item of +2 Dexterity (if the character has 18 or 19+2 magical for example), etc.
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