aramis erak
Legend
Prior to 3E, you could play a character with Con 7 and it wouldn't really hurt you at all, and even a score of 4 would only put you at the same penalty as modern editions assigns a score of 8 or 9.
Not true.
Everyone benefited from Con in AD&D, BX, BECMI, and Cyclopedia... And it was possible in all of them to have PC's rolling anywhere from 1d4-3 (Con 3 wizard or thief) to 1d10+3 (AD&D fighter con 18)... and Con was also used for limiting permanency and resurrection.
Attribute | BX/BECMI/Cyclopdeia | AD&D 1E Con | OE Sup 1 | OE V1 |
3 | –3 | –2 | –1 | –1 |
4 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 |
5 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 |
6 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 |
7 | –1 | –1 | +0 | +0 |
8 | –1 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
9 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
10 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
11 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
12 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
13 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
14 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
15 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
16 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 |
17 | +2 | +2 (F:+3) | +2 | +1 |
18 | +2 | +2 (F:+4) | +3 | +1 |