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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7060668" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>I don't know the values of any of my player's PC's stats, don't know if I ever have and don't understand why it matters. </p><p></p><p>As far as PCs all being the same, when I encounter it, stats have nothing to do with it. I have one player who plays the same 1 of 2 characters over multiple editions. He once played the same characters in two campaigns simultaneously (living campaign and home campaign) with names so close to each other that everyone was always confusing them. </p><p></p><p>I have another player who always goes on to optimization boards to find the most broken combination. </p><p></p><p>Wizards are going to have a good intelligence. Rogues are probably going to have a good dexterity. Some people are going to run the same basic character over and over again. </p><p></p><p>If you limit ASIs, the only difference you will see is a point or two in primary ability scores with absolutely no other difference. Ability scores don't make the character.</p><p></p><p>The only way to see "variety" would be to do truly random characters. Randomize everything. Race, gender, stats, class, sub-classes. Heck, throw in random multiclassing along the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7060668, member: 6801845"] I don't know the values of any of my player's PC's stats, don't know if I ever have and don't understand why it matters. As far as PCs all being the same, when I encounter it, stats have nothing to do with it. I have one player who plays the same 1 of 2 characters over multiple editions. He once played the same characters in two campaigns simultaneously (living campaign and home campaign) with names so close to each other that everyone was always confusing them. I have another player who always goes on to optimization boards to find the most broken combination. Wizards are going to have a good intelligence. Rogues are probably going to have a good dexterity. Some people are going to run the same basic character over and over again. If you limit ASIs, the only difference you will see is a point or two in primary ability scores with absolutely no other difference. Ability scores don't make the character. The only way to see "variety" would be to do truly random characters. Randomize everything. Race, gender, stats, class, sub-classes. Heck, throw in random multiclassing along the way. [/QUOTE]
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