Originally Posted by Drath Malorn
Well, if anyone cares, the previous topic, which CJMPinger mentioned and which discussed this was there. Arguably it ended up being a lot about definitions of what people mean be roleplay, power-gaming, and whether the Custom Origin is more of a boost to roleplaying or power-gaming. I nearly thought of bumping it, but I like the title of this thread better.

So I'd like to ask : what do people generally against TCoE's Custom Origin rule (as well as those in favour) think of the following character creation custom rule :

  • Ability Scores are limited to 17 or 18, at level 1, after character creation (GM's choice).
  • Start with M Ability Points in each Ability (say M=8, like in the PHB), as well as N Purchase Points (say N = 75, for the sake of giving a number).
  • Buying one Ability Point (AP) costs 1 Purchase Point (PP) until and including 14, then 2 PP until 17, then 3 PP for the 18th AP (if made available).
  • Apply standard Ability Score Improvements after purchase.


Would that be acceptable ?


ps : obviously, Roll should be included in the game. I kind of take it for granted, but I hope it makes it.

Not really.

I have my own system documented elsewhere, but ultimately Standard Array and Race ASI should be the baseline.

An optional roll system would be fine too, but considering we don't have racial limits anymore, it's pure minmax.

Which is fine. My son rolled a 98 on a half Orc once in BG, he smashed stuff that campaign.