Quote Originally Posted by Tempest Fennac View Post
I wouldn;t allow that age tactic as a DM (admittedly, I use a different system for ageing penalties which sets in later while not benefiting anyone). If the odd numbers are a problem, you could just ask the DM to let you swap them around a bit.
I dunno, as a bard he's taking the penalty to cha and int. He's not helping himself, he's just adjusting anyway. It's not a cheap trick, it's just rounding. Overall at level 1 he gets bonuses but later it makes no difference.

Plus it would help fix my OCD problems.