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by [[R. Kevin Smoot]]

The Alpha Dawn Rules clearly state that characters cannot
raise their ability scores beyond a score of 100. This is
fine in most campaigns, as typical characters will not
reach these heights of advancement. However, there is
the occasional circumstance when this top end limit is
approached in a high-powered or long enduring campaign.

What is not addressed by this simplistic limitation rule, is
why a veteran of a race such as a Yazirian, with their 10
point penalty to STR/STA, can eventually become as
strong as a similar veteran Dralasite, with their +5 bonus
to STR/STA. It became obvious that the 100-point limit
was applied across the board just for the sake of
simplicity. Certain races have particular aptitudes or
deficiencies, and should keep these aptitudes or
deficiencies throughout their career.

The solution is quite simple. The appropriate racial
modifiers also modify the upper limit of ability
improvement. This means that the Yazirian Veteran
mentioned in the example above cannot raise his STR/STA
scores above 90. In the case of Humans, the ability score
that they boost during character creation is the one score
that may be raised to a maximum score of 105.

The following tables summarize both the racial modifiers
and the upper limit of improvement. For completeness,
the Zebulon’s Guide races, old Dragon Magazine (Ares),
and races included in previous issues of the Star
Frontiersman are included. For other races, such as
home-brew creations or from other sources, simply modify
the upper limit of advancement by the racial modifiers as
appropriate.

The first figure is the adjustment, and the figure in
parenthesis is the upper limit of advancement. These
figures do not take into account any considerations for
equipment or special circumstances (bionics, cybernetics,
Gamma Dawn style mutations, permanent disability, etc).

In [[Star Frontiersman Issue 4]], there is an article that further
modifies certain races by gender. If that material is used,
the upper end stats should be further modified. An old
Dragon Magazine (#108) details rules for aging, and if
those rules are being used, the limits in the tables above
should be considered the limits of experience point based
improvement (before any adjustments for age are
applied).

{|
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|style="width:150px"|Core Races|| STR|| STA|| DEX|| RS|| INT|| LOG|| PER|| LDR
|-
|Dralasite|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Vrusk|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|-
|Yazirian|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Human
|colspan="8"|Add +5 to any single score; that single score has upper limit of 105.
|-
|Sathar|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +10 (110)*|| +10 (110)*
|-
|
|colspan="8"|* All Sathar must move 10 points from PER to LDR, and LDR must remain 20 points higher than PER.
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Zebulon's Guide|| STR|| STA|| DEX|| RS|| INT|| LOG|| PER|| LDR
|-
|Humma|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Ifshnit|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|-
|Mechanon|| +20 (120)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| -20 (80)|| +10 (110)|| -20 (80)|| +20 (120)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Osakar|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Star Frontiersman|| STR|| STA|| DEX|| RS|| INT|| LOG|| PER|| LDR
|-
|Nagana (Issue #1)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Bora-Kai (Issue #2)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|-
|Boon'sheh (Issue #3)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Yinni (Issue #4) - basic*|| -20 (80)|| -20 (80)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)
|-
|Ul-Mor (Issue #5)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Vimh (Issue #5)|| +0 (100)|| +20 (120)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)
|-
|Arborean (Issue #6)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Sentient Robot (Issue #6)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| -20 (80)|| -20 (80)
|-
|
|colspan="8"|* Yinni stats are further modified by caste, not shown here; adjust as necessary.
|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;"
|Dragon Magazine|| STR|| STA|| DEX|| RS|| INT|| LOG|| PER|| LDR
|-
|S'sessu|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)
|- style="background: #eeeeee;"
|Zethra|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| +5 (105)|| -5 (95)|| -5 (95)
|-
|Saurians|| +10 (110)|| +10 (110)|| -10 (90)|| -10 (90)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)|| +0 (100)
|}

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