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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 8333998" data-attributes="member: 27957">Here's a trick of character creation I've sometimes used. Your starting ability scores don't have to reflect your character as a blank slate Level 0. They can include influences from other character features as justifications for why they're high (or low). For example, one of the two Ravenloft PC ideas I have set aside is for a high Strength dhampir who was a sickly weakling before they were infused with the elixir that gave them strength, health, and unnatural thirsts.So maybe the imaginary Level 0 version of our musician was a Cha 8 nobody and part of the pact that came with Warlock powers also boosted them up to a starting PC level Cha score. It's nothing with any mechanical backing, just a background point that they used to be ugly or lack self confidence or just didn't know how to read a crowd, but now they've been transformed into a better musician than they ever dreamed they could be.</blockquote>