Frozen_Heart
Hero
The way I've got it set up the species get their unique abilities and ASI still. Along with a background and equipment from that background. So the species of the character actually has a huge impact on how they play for it. HP is 4+Con modifier.maybe it is a one shot, but it still feels weird to me, alot of the stuff they'd have from species i'd mostly expect to be innate or learnt long before they ever became an adventurer(or rather got thrown impromptu into these circumstances), as well as the fact that this minimal-power classless environment is the perfect place for species traits to shine and be bringing their most impact to the table.
The starting point buy is insanely low though. 12 points, max 13, min 6. (before species ASI). Also only a single death save, rather than three.
The equipment gained from the characters background becomes really important.