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There's one house rule which I use for my solo games which makes things less frustrating when playing with only one character.. and that is to allow a blessing to be played *after* a roll is made, rather than requiring it to be played prior to the check.

I don't see it as a huge advantage but it prevents you from 'wasting' a blessing which can help when you have to make two tough checks back to back and there is no second character to help you with that other check ;)

So I've just finished creating my custom Tiefling Bard character and since I wanted her to be reasonably balanced, I based her character card on Lem's with just a few small adjustments.

But when I started to compare the stats and abilities of the other characters, I noticed the 'rule' of 24 (ish). Assume the following:

D4 = 1 point
D6 = 2 points
D8 = 3 points
D10 = 4 points
D12 = 5 points

(FYI Lem has 14 points worth of stats, everyone else has 15)

Each point of skill bonus = 0.5 point*
Hand size of X = X points
Each proficiency is 1 point

Most of the characters end up with 24 +/- ~1 point in total, with Harsk and Sajan being the notable exceptions at 26.5 points and 21 points respectively. Of course this doesn't take into account the 'value' of a character's innate powers and as systems go, I'm sure what Paizo used is far more complex. But if you want to create a balanced custom character this seems like a good way to go about it.