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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6911635" data-attributes="member: 12731">[MENTION=6801311]KahlessNestor[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6704184]doctorbadwolf[/MENTION]I am obviously talking from the player's perspective. I am talking about what the average is for a player character. My only viewpoint here is a new player vaguely uncertain which numbers are the most important, and one that goes to look at the pregens as good templates.My point is that you shouldn't be fooled about how a 10 is a perfectly acceptable score in any other stat (unless you rely on that stat obviously).A 10 Con is a very low stat for a player character, and WotC should stop issuing pregens with that low Con scores.If you know what you're doing, knock yourself out with a Con 8 if you like. Regardless of whether you do it because you like the challenge, because it fits your &quot;concept&quot; or whether you know your DM isn't heavily into combat doesn't matter. Con 10 characters are an outlier and has no place for a Rogue issued with melee weapons. It makes for a very bad example. And the problem is that the writer in all likelyhood was just thinking like you guys: &quot;10 is not below the average so it's fine&quot;. But that's false thinking. For a player character, anything below 14 should really need to be questioned and explained. And for a pregen (which by definition is targeting newbies more than the general gamer) any such attempt should have been shot down long before the pregen saw (pdf) print.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 6911635, member: 12731"] [MENTION=6801311]KahlessNestor[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6704184]doctorbadwolf[/MENTION] I am obviously talking from the [I]player's perspective[/I]. I am talking about what the average is [B]for a player character[/B]. My only viewpoint here is a new player vaguely uncertain which numbers are the most important, and one that goes to look at the pregens as good templates. My point is that you shouldn't be fooled about how a 10 is a perfectly acceptable score in any other stat (unless you rely on that stat obviously). A 10 Con is a very low stat for a player character, and WotC should stop issuing pregens with that low Con scores. If you know what you're doing, knock yourself out with a Con 8 if you like. Regardless of whether you do it because you like the challenge, because it fits your "concept" or whether you know your DM isn't heavily into combat doesn't matter. Con 10 characters are an outlier and has no place for a Rogue issued with melee weapons. It makes for a very bad example. And the problem is that the writer in all likelyhood was just thinking like you guys: "10 is not below the average so it's fine". But that's false thinking. For a player character, anything below 14 should really need to be questioned and explained. And for a pregen (which by definition is targeting newbies more than the general gamer) any such attempt should have been shot down long before the pregen saw (pdf) print. [/QUOTE]

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