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Fixed array. Lots of stuff I leave to luck, but character is not one.

For some future campaign, I'd like to try the following: 5x 3d6+1d8, drop lowest and reserve that die Take those 5 lowest reserved...

I remember reading a paper or something about games of chance, and how people square randomness with reward. The gist of it was that...

I voted "I used a fixed array, either the one in the book or a custom version of it." but there's more to it. This isn't technically...

I chose "I used a fixed array, either the one in the book or a custom version of it," because it is closest to what we did this past...

I view e24 as the same as e14, with a cleanup of the character creation process and a finetuning of higher level monsters. It is what...

According to Amazon, 10,000+ in the last month.

Two people at my office party came up to me and asked if Heroes of the Borderlands would be a good gift for people in their lives who...

This completely unscientific poll does seem to indicate a strong correlation between posting on EnWorld and playing a warlock. Anyone...

I'm not a fan of items/abilities/anything else that only work for characters that are already super strong. 1e had a lot of stuff like...

I agree with you. Though that might be ultimately 'too little', what we are generally faced with these days is the opposite - far 'too...

This is my theory too. They know what products they are working on, but with all the uncertainty around printing and supply chains they...

VGR is a much better "telling horror stories in D&D" book than the 2nd edition boxed set ever was. If done well, it could be edgier...

To answer the question in the title: I use whatever method the DM for that game says to use. To answer the question in the opening...

I've used some variation of point buy since before there was an official point buy. I come up with the character concept first and then...