The title says it all, this section will cover any bonuses or extra benefits you can apply to any of these. Note that any reference to an [ability check](https://a5e.tools/rules/ability-checks) **excludes attack rolls and saving throws**, so a "bonus to Strength checks" will not apply to attack, damage, or saving throw rolls. *If you have an Intelligence bonus, be sure to see [[#Bonus Knowledge]], below.* ### Ability Scores *For your Ability Check bonuses, return to your character and look for **Your Skill Benefits**.* Only 1 thing to be covered here beyond a pointer to the [a5e.tools page](https://a5e.tools/rules/using-each-ability). The only real difference between O5E and A5E here is Bonus Knowledge for Intelligence: #### Bonus Knowledge Having a higher Intelligence means having more knowledge than other characters. During character creation, for each point of your Intelligence modifier above 0 you can choose a skill specialty chosen from lore skills (Arcana, Culture, Engineering, History, Nature, Religion). If you are not proficient in any lore skills you either gain proficiency with a lore skill, choose an extra language known, or pick a tool proficiency in one artisan’s tool, gaming kit, instrument, or vehicle. As long as your Intelligence modifier is above 0, it contributes to the things you know. At character creation, you can choose one of the following benefits for each point of your Intelligence modifier above 0: - An extra language known. - A tool proficiency in one artisan’s tool, gaming kit, instrument, or vehicle. - A skill specialty in one of the following skills: Arcana, Culture, Engineering, History, Nature, Religion. If your Intelligence modifier changes, it affects your bonus knowledge. When your Intelligence modifier increases, you can choose an additional skill specialty in the skills listed above as if you always had the new modifier. If your Intelligence modifier decreases you must remove the last benefit from your bonus knowledge. If your Intelligence modifier drops below 0, you don’t lose more knowledge than you gained from bonus knowledge. If you lose bonus knowledge due to a decrease in Intelligence, at the Narrator’s discretion you might choose a new bonus knowledge the next time your Intelligence modifier increases (instead of regaining the lost bonus knowledge).