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[Rystil Arden]

Does anyone else besides me like Erekose's suggestion of 33 PB to force people to take an odd stat? The 33 PB character is no stronger (until level 4 perhaps) but is more interesting due to odds.

 

[Bront]

I'm perfectly willing to agree to it.

 

[RobotRobotI]

Does anyone else besides me like Erekose's suggestion of 33 PB to force people to take an odd stat? The 33 PB character is no stronger (until level 4 perhaps) but is more interesting due to odds.

Buh?

I don't see how forcing an odd stat somehow makes it more interesting. More powerful, maybe, but not any more interesting.

 

[Bront]

Odd stats are technicaly suboptimal (that's why a lot of feats require them, to balance it out a bit). It could make a difference in a few cases.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Buh?

I don't see how forcing an odd stat somehow makes it more interesting. More powerful, maybe, but not any more interesting.

Characters with all evens all around are usually pretty boring and seem a lot more like cookie cutters. Usually something like 18 12 12 12 12 8, 14 14 14 14 14 10, 16 16 12 12 12 8 8, or 16 14 14 12 12 10 with a few modifications one way or the other and possibly racial mods in there too. The odd stat throws some spice in the mix. Admittedly, you *could* do two odds with even PB, but you get punished for it.

 

[RobotRobotI]

And you'll see what, with 33?

18 12 12 12 12 9
14 14 14 14 14 11
16 16 12 12 12 9 8 or
16 14 14 12 12 11

instead? If people want to make cookie-cutters, forcing an odd stat isn't going to make them any less cookie-cutter. :\

 

[Rystil Arden]

And you'll see what, with 33?

18 12 12 12 12 9
14 14 14 14 14 11
16 16 12 12 12 9 8 or
16 14 14 12 12 11

instead? If people want to make cookie-cutters, forcing an odd stat isn't going to make them any less cookie-cutter. :\

Actually, the last point might make them think hard and add a few more possibilities to the list:

For instance, you might see the 17 16 12 12 10 8 8

 

[Ferrix]

A 33 pt. buy I've used in my own games and it opens up that +1 at 4th level to be potentially useful. Also, 13's in some stats are quite useful, particularly a 13 Dex or Int as a fighter type.

 

[Rystil Arden]

A 33 pt. buy I've used in my own games and it opens up that +1 at 4th level to be potentially useful. Also, 13's in some stats are quite useful, particularly a 13 Dex or Int as a fighter type.

Right. Erekose suggested it earlier, and it seems like a great idea.

 

[RobotRobotI]

Actually, the last point might make them think hard and add a few more possibilities to the list:

For instance, you might see the 17 16 12 12 10 8 8

If you're mysteriously playing with seven attributes, yes.