abilities, not attributes.  i don't even think it's possible not to have a few attributes above 3.<br/><br/>it means that if you want things like lore or melee or occult or whatever above 3, you need to buy those things with bonus points, and this has always been the case (and it only in the recent errata that it was lifted for Solar-tier exalted.)<br/><br/>i'm not really convinced it makes sense for the dragon-blooded to have backgrounds better suited to having followers in a Solar nation than the Solars that run things, as far as command goes, but that is just input as another player.