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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3728416" data-attributes="member: 15651">Why don't you get a PC with an ability below 8 with point buy?  Nothing prevents you from doing it.  You get those points back to use in buying up other ability scores.  I have done this on a couple of occasions when it made sense for the character concept I had.  Drop Dex from 8 to 6 and have two additional points to distribute to another stat.  You don't see it, not because it can't be done, but because most people choose to not go below 8.  Those same people often will reroll a character with below average stats. Interesting characters are not determined by their stats, but by their concept and how they are run by the player.  Stats just make them more or less effective, which some people might find more or less fun to play.</blockquote>