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<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 8042611" data-attributes="member: 6695890">The issue here is that conflating an array or point buy option to &quot;buy&quot; a feat with rolling is... well, it's not comparing apples to oranges, but it is comparing apples to pears, I think.People will roll for stats for a large number of reasons, but I think a large proportion of the people who use it are doing it because they like the randomness. All of the discussion above is about making level 1 feats &quot;fair&quot; when you roll. So here are two options for people for whom fairness in rolled stats isn't a feature:Special GiftsWhen you roll an 18 during character gen, you may reduce it to a 16 and instead take one featInteresting compensationsFor each stat lower than an 8, gain one feat of your choiceObviously, these options should not be used together... unless you want to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 8042611, member: 6695890"] The issue here is that conflating an array or point buy option to "buy" a feat with rolling is... well, it's not comparing apples to oranges, but it [I]is [/I]comparing apples to pears, I think. People will roll for stats for a large number of reasons, but I think a large proportion of the people who use it are doing it because they [I]like[/I] the randomness. All of the discussion above is about making level 1 feats "fair" when you roll. So here are two options for people for whom fairness in rolled stats isn't a feature: [B]Special Gifts[/B] [I]When you roll an 18 during character gen, you may reduce it to a 16 and instead take one feat[/I] [B]Interesting compensations[/B] [I]For each stat lower than an 8, gain one feat of your choice[/I] Obviously, these options should not be used together... unless you want to. [/QUOTE]

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