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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7559633" data-attributes="member: 50987">I once played a one-off game where nobody rolled up their Constitution scores until the very last step...and I do mean the very last step, after all other ability scores had been distributed, racial ability modifiers had been applied, feats (if any) had been picked out, equipment had been purchased, backstories written, and spells prepared.&nbsp; That box was blank for as long as possible, right up until combat was about to begin for the first time.&nbsp; &quot;Now, before we roll initiative,&quot; the DM said, &quot;let's finally roll Constitution.&nbsp; When I call your name, roll 4d6 and drop the lowest...&quot;I don't know what he was thinking, tbh.&nbsp; He explained it to us at the time, and it made sense.[SBLOCK=&quot;You probably can guess what happened...&quot;]You know what?&nbsp; It worked out surprisingly well.&nbsp; Most folks ended up with a middling score, like 11 or 12...not too bad.&nbsp; The monk in the group rolled quite poorly (I think it was a 6 or 7), but by that time, he was already too heavily invested in his character to raise much of a fuss about it.&nbsp; The player said something like &quot;well, I guess my monk has tuberculosis or something&quot; and just ran with it.&nbsp; It was just a one-off, so no big deal.(Even so, the player ended up keeping that character for other one-off games over the months.)[/SBLOCK]Anyway.&nbsp; I'm not endorsing this idea, just reminiscing.&nbsp; It certainly made for a memorable evening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7559633, member: 50987"] I once played a one-off game where nobody rolled up their Constitution scores until the very last step...and I do mean the [I]very last[/I] step, after all other ability scores had been distributed, racial ability modifiers had been applied, feats (if any) had been picked out, equipment had been purchased, backstories written, and spells prepared. That box was blank for as long as possible, right up until combat was about to begin for the first time. "Now, before we roll initiative," the DM said, "let's finally roll Constitution. When I call your name, roll 4d6 and drop the lowest..." I don't know what he was thinking, tbh. He explained it to us at the time, and it made sense. [SBLOCK="You probably can guess what happened..."]You know what? It worked out surprisingly well. Most folks ended up with a middling score, like 11 or 12...not too bad. The monk in the group rolled quite poorly (I think it was a 6 or 7), but by that time, he was already too heavily invested in his character to raise much of a fuss about it. The player said something like "well, I guess my monk has tuberculosis or something" and just ran with it. It was just a one-off, so no big deal. (Even so, the player ended up keeping that character for other one-off games over the months.)[/SBLOCK]Anyway. I'm not endorsing this idea, just reminiscing. It certainly made for a memorable evening. [/QUOTE]

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