Finer grained self-control

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by mhd

Has anyone tried doing self-control numbers other than just 15/12/9/6, i.e. the whole spread from 6 to 15?

My personal rule is if you want a self control number other than one of the official ones, buy the next higher number. I've never run into a case where I wouldn't let you write anything lower than you paid for on your character sheet for any trait at all if you wanted to.

If you wanted the lower number for characterization reasons and not for munchkin point optimization, that ought to be a completely adequate solution. If you are looking for munchkin point optimization, look somewhere else - I don't think there are any disadvantages with self control rolls that are over -15 points base, so after rounding we're talking about a maximum of like 4 points anyway.