>Strength
The ability that measures a character's muscle and physical power.
肌肉&身體力量
>Dexterity
The ability that measures a character's hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes, and balance.
手眼協調、敏捷、反應、平衡。
>Constitution
The ability that represents a character's health and stamina.
健康&精力。
>Intelligence
The ability that determines how well a character learns and reasons.
學習及理解能力。
>Wisdom
The ability that describes a character's willpower, common sense, perception, and intuition.
意志力、常識、觀察力、第六感。
>Charisma
The ability that measures a character's force of personality, persuasiveness, personal magnetism, ability to lead, and physical attractiveness.
氣魄、口才、吸引力 、領導力、相貌。
網頁上也寫得很清楚。DnD設計理念是所採取的是較『物理性』的定義法：
[From WOTC -->
Some roleplaying games are abstract: you just describe what you want to do and you do it.
D&D is a little more rules-heavy than that, and some of the elementary ways to describe your character are in terms of their ability scores. How strong are they? How smart? How quick? These are represented in the game by your ability scores.]
樓上採取的則是較『虛無性』，也就是 Abstract 的定義法。而所謂歸零也是對 3E 中的 Nonability 的延伸解釋：
[From Wiki --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_mechanics_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)
There are creatures that lack certain ability scores (undead, for example, have no constitution). These are called nonabilities and affect how that creature is treated by certain spells and effects. The aforementioned undead, for example, are immune to almost anything that requires a Fortitude save, unless it can also affect objects. This is not the same as having a score of zero (which causes death, paralysis or unconsciousness depending on the ability in question). ]
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