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<blockquote data-quote="kenada" data-source="post: 8149941" data-attributes="member: 70468">I’m going to partially retract that statement. I started working on pre-gen last night, and just having a boost and a free boost was a little boring. It was was especially stark when rolling (or drawing) stats because then e.g., the Strength-based ancestry became the only way to get an 18 Strength.What ended up happening (using the core method) is I’d just pick two boosts I wanted. Because there were no trade-offs involved, it ultimately felt a little rote and generic. Everyone ended up having similar arrays except distributed differently.Since I want to draw scores (using the 445566777889 card method), I’m going to experiment today with using half boosts and flaws to see if that works better than just dropping the free boost. It feels kind of a bit crappy not being able to get an 18 at 1st level, but it was easy to get a 17. A 17 lets you get a 19, which turns into a 20 at the same rate as an 18, but I don’t think that is much of a consolation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenada, post: 8149941, member: 70468"] I’m going to partially retract that statement. I started working on pre-gen last night, and just having a boost and a free boost was a little boring. It was was especially stark when rolling (or drawing) stats because then e.g., the Strength-based ancestry became the only way to get an 18 Strength. What ended up happening (using the core method) is I’d just pick two boosts I wanted. Because there were no trade-offs involved, it ultimately felt a little rote and generic. Everyone ended up having similar arrays except distributed differently. Since I want to draw scores (using the 445566777889 card method), I’m going to experiment today with using half boosts and flaws to see if that works better than just dropping the free boost. It feels kind of a bit crappy not being able to get an 18 at 1st level, but it was easy to get a 17. A 17 lets you get a 19, which turns into a 20 at the same rate as an 18, but I don’t think that is much of a consolation. [/QUOTE]

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