Amplified Point Buy

A variation on the 5e point buy system of Ability Score allocation that allows for more character variation. Let your strengths stand out and your short-comings shine!

You have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Cost/Rebate table. For example, a score of 16 costs -12 points, meaning that 12 points will be deducted from your remaining points in order to boost one ability score to 16. If you lower one score to 5, you receive a rebate of +2 points that are added to the total number of points you have left to spend on ability scores. Using this method, 18 is the highest ability score you can end up with, before applying racial increases. You can’t have a score lower than 3.

Ability Score Point Cost / Rebate

Score Cost / Rebate 3 +3 4 +2 5 +2 6 +1 7 +1 8 0 9 -1 10 -2 11 -3 12 -4 13 -5 14 -7 15 -9 16 -12 17 -15 18 -19