Post/Author/DateTime	Post
bolobaby 02-26-04, 11:25 PM	(This may be old news to some and new news to others...) If you are building a min/max non-combat type, you may want to consider making him middle aged. A middle aged character gets +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha and -1 to Str, Dex, and Con. This works exceptionally well if all of your scores are ODD - you lose NOTHING in the way of bonuses on your physical attribute bonuses, but will bump all of your mental attribute bonuses up by one. I'm sure some of you have already thought of it, but to those who haven't - enjoy!
bolobaby 02-27-04, 01:12 AM	Oh yeah - this is a good way to "cheat" when using point buy. It only costs you the ONE point to raise your strength to, say, 13 (then take -1 to it back down to 12) and get a 2 or 3 point cost bump to a mental attribute.
Funny Slaughter 02-27-04, 05:11 AM	it is indeed a quite common idea, it does not get discussed very often because it is, at least from a part of the community, considered cheating. it is within the rules and you are right about the benefits you get but its also a very secure way to annoy your DM. if you play "anything goes" it may be fine, if you have to sneak any part with a min/max-smell behind him you can as well start another character... gs Funny
spike81101 02-27-04, 09:03 AM	Better yet, make your character 1 year away from his first aging point, then when a year passes say, "oh crap I think I get the negitives to my str, dex and con now due to being old don't I?" *Chuckle* "Cool now I also get +1 to int, wis and charisma!"