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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9347483" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>My current campaign features a few older (2e era) adventures that I've updated to 5e. This has resulted in some <strong>very tough</strong> encounters. So I decided to be very generous with character creation, which included not only rolling for ability scores, but a few safeguards in case someone ends up with bad rolls, as follows:</p><p></p><p>*Roll 4d6; you may re-roll a single result of "1". Then take the best three dice.</p><p><em>You may re-roll one ability score or add 2 points to an ability score with a value less than 10.</em></p><p>*If, after this, you find your character only has a single ability score of 15 or higher, or more than one ability score of less than 10, you may re-roll one ability score or add 2 points to an ability score with a value less than 10.</p><p></p><p>*There's a third option, to start with a minor magic item, chosen from a curated list, if you're perfectly content with your ability scores.</p><p></p><p>And as a secret, unknown factor, the character with the worst ability score array can replace their lowest ability score with an 18.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9347483, member: 6877472"] My current campaign features a few older (2e era) adventures that I've updated to 5e. This has resulted in some [B]very tough[/B] encounters. So I decided to be very generous with character creation, which included not only rolling for ability scores, but a few safeguards in case someone ends up with bad rolls, as follows: *Roll 4d6; you may re-roll a single result of "1". Then take the best three dice. [I]You may re-roll one ability score or add 2 points to an ability score with a value less than 10.[/I] *If, after this, you find your character only has a single ability score of 15 or higher, or more than one ability score of less than 10, you may re-roll one ability score or add 2 points to an ability score with a value less than 10. *There's a third option, to start with a minor magic item, chosen from a curated list, if you're perfectly content with your ability scores. And as a secret, unknown factor, the character with the worst ability score array can replace their lowest ability score with an 18. [/QUOTE]
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