```metadata
title: Belt of Giant Strength Rework
description: ''
tags: []
systems: []
renderer: V3
theme: 5ePHB

```

### Belt of Giant Strength Rework
*Wondrous item (requires attunement)*

Belts of Giant Strength as they currently stand invalidate investing in strength by any amount. Currently the expected maximum a player character can achieve in a stat is 24 through starting with a 16 + 2 asi + manuel/tome + piety. However belts of giant strength completely invalidate that by allowing a character to dump strength to 8 and spend one attunement slot on a belt of strength to have over 20 strength

Change the effects of the belts of giant strength to the following:

"While wearing this belt, your Strength score increases by __ as does its maximum."

The amount that the strength score and maximum are increased by is determined by the type of belt as listed in the table below.

| Belt Name | Strength Bonus | Strength Score Maximum |
|:----------------|:--:|:--:|
| *Belt of Hill Giant Strength*       | **+5**  |22|
| *Belt of Frost Giant Strength*       | **+6**  |24|
| *Belt of Stone Giant Strength*       | **+6**  |24|
| *Belt of Fire Giant Strength*       | **+7**  |26|
| *Belt of Cloud Giant Strength*       | **+8**  |28|
| *Belt of Storm Giant Strength*       | **+9**  |30|


This change will reward investment in strength, allowing for strength to continue surpassing the 20 cap without tomes and piety, but also rewarding those who find and earn such rewards.

For those of you who have dumped strength to 8 and are worried that this will ruin your build, Gauntlets of Ogre Strength are not being changed. The goal of this nerf is not to invalidate builds, but rather to encourage and reward investing in strength. 19 Strength is perfectly viable.