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 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