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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 1413451" data-attributes="member: 94">I would definitely distribute the special cards with all the rest. There's something about those special cards; some folks would rather have them than ability scores. Give them the option!Also note that in your setup, someone could end up with all 6 of one card, total bonus of +12, total ability score of 20. I don't know if that's a problem for you or not, but the players could definitely have some collusion there-- a couple of folks who dump out of Charisma, suffering 8's, so their buddy the paladin can have a 20 Charisma.After racial modifiers, you could be looking at a 22 for some stats.So you might want to raise the minimum to 10 and reduce the number or value of the cards. A 10 in every stat, 2 cards at +1 each. So if you don't trade, you end up with all 12's. (Same as before.)If you corner the market, you end up with a 16, 18 after possible racial mods.That's the setup I would go with. It also lets players min/max a little bit (keep an 11, or 13, with the intent to raise it at 4th level) which isn't a bad thing, since it gives them that extra cookie to look forward to at 4th level (instead of having to raise a score at 4th level, and get nothing for it until they spend another point on it at 8th level).Wulf</blockquote>