======Benchmarks====== =====Ability benchmarks===== ||**ABILITY SCORE**||**MODIFIER**||**DESCRIPTION**|| ||1||-5||Completely inept or disabled|| ||2-3||-4||Weak, infant|| ||4-5||-3||Younger child|| ||6-7||-2||Child, elderly, impaired|| ||8-9||-1||Below average, teenager|| ||10-11||+0||Average adult|| ||12-13||+1||Above average|| ||14-15||+2||Well above average|| ||16-17||+3||Gifted|| ||18-19||+4||Highly gifted|| ||20-21||+5||Best in a nation|| ||22-23||+6||Best in the world|| ||24-25||+7||Best ever, peak of human achievement|| ||26-27||+8||Low superhuman|| ||28-29||+9||Moderate superhuman|| ||30||+10||High superhuman|| ||40||+15||Very high superhuman|| ||50||+20||Cosmic|| =====Combat/Skill benchmarks===== ||**COMBAT BONUS**||**SKILL BONUS**||**DESCRIPTION**|| ||--||1-4||No training|| ||1-4||5-8||Basic level of training|| ||5-8||9-12||Professional level of training|| ||9-12||13-15||Recognized and likely known as an expert in the skill|| ||13-15||17-19||Virtual mastery of the skill|| ||16+||20+||Recognized among the best trained in the world|| =====Combat benchmarks and relative prowess===== ||**Power level**||**Basic**||**Professional**||**Expert**||**Master**||**Best**|| ||0 - 3||1||2-5||6-9||10-12||13+|| ||4 - 5||1-2||3-6||7-10||11-13||14+|| ||6 - 7||1-3||4-7||8-11||12-14||15+|| ||8 - 9||1-4||5-8||9-12||13-15||16+|| ||10||1-5||6-9||10-13||14-16||17+|| ||11 - 12||1-6||7-10||11-14||15-17||18+|| ||13 - 14||1-7||8-11||12-15||16-18||19+|| ||15 - 16||1-8||9-12||13-16||17-19||20+|| ||17 - 20||1-9||10-13||14-17||18-20||21+||