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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8070365" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Sorry, but hard disagree on this.Any individual who has cause and/or desire to adventure can do so. 5E is incredibly forgiving of PCs' ability scores. You can certainly have a successful adventuring career with low scores, you just have to play more cautiously (especially at first).I've mentioned before (in other threads) one of the most enjoyable PCs I played in 1E was a cleric whose scores ranged from 9-12 for everything. IIRC, he had STR 10, INT 9, WIS 12, DEX 9, CON 11, CHR 10. I even game him as generic a name as I could, &quot;Benson Miller&quot;. His family were millers, and he was Ben's son. The game he was in played up until 9th level and he finally retired with his temple built.Now, many players don't want low scores because it means you will fail more often. Failure never bothered me, personally, because it makes the game more challenging over all.FWIW, for groups rolling 4d6-L, you have only about a 5-6% chance your average score will be less than 10.5.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8070365, member: 6987520"] Sorry, but hard disagree on this. Any individual who has cause and/or desire to adventure can do so. 5E is incredibly forgiving of PCs' ability scores. You can certainly have a successful adventuring career with low scores, you just have to play more cautiously (especially at first). I've mentioned before (in other threads) one of the most enjoyable PCs I played in 1E was a cleric whose scores ranged from 9-12 for everything. IIRC, he had STR 10, INT 9, WIS 12, DEX 9, CON 11, CHR 10. I even game him as generic a name as I could, "Benson Miller". His family were millers, and he was Ben's son. The game he was in played up until 9th level and he finally retired with his temple built. Now, many players don't want low scores because it means you will fail more often. Failure never bothered me, personally, because it makes the game more challenging over all. FWIW, for groups rolling 4d6-L, you have only about a 5-6% chance your average score will be less than 10.5. [/QUOTE]

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