Now, I could decide he's actually sickly like Raistlin, and drop his Con down to 8, and give two points to...well, it wouldn't help giving it to Int or Cha, cause those two points would only take it to an odd number.
Odd numbers are not a bad thing for a starting character. If you have a pair of them, you can use an ASI level to bump both scores by +1, and "Sha-zam!", two stats just improved their modifiers.
If your DM allows feats, a number of those give +1 to a single stat, and some other beneficial feature(s) get introduced.
Say your class doesn't grant proficiency in a saving throw ability you'd definitely appreciate it in.
For example, Sorcerer is the only spellcasting class that grants proficiency in Constitution saving throws. Is there any caster of Concentration-dependent spells that wouldn't like proficiency for those saves? The Resilient feat can give that to your PC, and if your Constitution score is odd, you can even it up for a modifier bump at the same time.
Imho, an odd number is just a sweetness waiting to happen.
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