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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenada" data-source="post: 8217441" data-attributes="member: 70468">There <a href="https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=74" target="_blank">is</a>, but it’s not the default.My guess is Paizo went this route as an alternate way of solving the problem with classes in PF1 that were multiple ability dependent. Instead of making it easy to attack and deal damage with your primary stat (like 4e and 5e), they give out tons of boosts instead, so MAD classes have an easier time keeping up.If you rolled ability scores in PF1, MAD was less of an issue because the nature of the method provides for starting with multiple high ability scores, which is impossible in point buy.Another way to solve the MAD issue is to give out point buy points as characters gain levels. Because of the increasing costs for higher scores, MAD classes have an easier time catching up. That’s what I did in PF1, and that’s how the <a href="https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=1301" target="_blank">point buy variant</a> in the GMG works. The only tweak to the variant I’d suggest making is increasing the starting points from 15 to 25, which yields characters closer in power to those made using the boost method.</blockquote>