aye, i can't stand playing core rules for exactly those two reasons. my mage, despite having a 19 INT with a 95% chance to learn a spell, probably failed at least half the time.
but they seem to apply that everywhere; iirc, minsc's hp's starting out had like an average of 4. maybe the game tries to get a median of 5.5 including, unfairly, the CON bonus.
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