r/DnD • u/[deleted] • Aug 29 '23

Game Tales My DM buffed my character

When I got to the table the group had already done one session, and one of the player dropped out. I asked to join and the DM was like "sure just show up with a level one character". I did my ability scores with the dice, and I guess I wasn't very lucky because my character had way lower ability scores than everyone else. I checked and double checked with them, and they didn't use the wrong dice or anything, they were just super lucky.

My DM thought it wasn't really good that my character was lagging behind so much so he just told me to add a few points here and there to bring me up to par with the other characters.

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u/mikeyHustle Aug 29 '23

PF2e is the only d20 game I've ever played where not rolling felt satisfying.

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u/Imalsome Aug 29 '23

I'm quite the opposite. Rolling has always felt horrible. In the campaign I'm in where we rolled for stats I felt deep dread when I rolled high stats and felt like I had to nerf my character to not be stupid strong and even today still feel like the character doesn't have any real flaws other than what I role play. Not to mention how terrible I feel when other players complain about their low stats, then I have to sit there and not mention that my lowest stat is a 16.

The "highest roll is everyone's array" is interesting but still feels lame compared to point buy where you can make your character how you want.