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<blockquote data-quote="Mattachine" data-source="post: 6037203" data-attributes="member: 6678226">What are the rules in each version of D&amp;D that specifically discuss making higher or lower-powered heroes, at level 1, based on the type of campaign?I recall that the 3e DMG makes mention of this when determining point-buy systems for ability scores, and there is also a discussion about making very high-powered heroes as gestalt characters in the UA. What else was out there in the different editions (for rules suggestions for different power levels of campaigns, starting with character creation)?Also, it seems that folks favored rules that raised stats for high-powered campaigns, but did not use rules that lowered stats for low-powered campaigns. In the less-heroic games I've played in, the heroes had the same stats as usual (roll 4d6, or standard point buy), but started with less money, or had to go through a &quot;level 0&quot; first. I really disliked &quot;level 0&quot; characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mattachine, post: 6037203, member: 6678226"] What are the rules in each version of D&D that specifically discuss making higher or lower-powered heroes, at level 1, based on the type of campaign? I recall that the 3e DMG makes mention of this when determining point-buy systems for ability scores, and there is also a discussion about making very high-powered heroes as gestalt characters in the UA. What else was out there in the different editions (for rules suggestions for different power levels of campaigns, starting with character creation)? Also, it seems that folks favored rules that raised stats for high-powered campaigns, but did not use rules that lowered stats for low-powered campaigns. In the less-heroic games I've played in, the heroes had the same stats as usual (roll 4d6, or standard point buy), but started with less money, or had to go through a "level 0" first. I really disliked "level 0" characters. [/QUOTE]

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