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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8049687" data-attributes="member: 50987">Consider using this quick-and-easy houserule that a friend of mine uses for her games:  "If your character's highest ability score is 15 or less at 1st level after all applicable bonuses, you may start the game with a feat of your choice from the Player's Handbook."  It was originally written to help characters avoid getting sucker-punched when rolling their stats, but she ended up keeping it because it encouraged more versatile and creative builds.I don't like to hand out free feats, especially at 1st level.  I'd rather give them a magic item of their choice from a custom, campaign-specific list.  But to each their own.</blockquote>