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Out of the last 8 years, 5 of them were years in which I was not a player. All of them have been years I was a GM. Out of the last 15...

Quote me where I said that. Quote me where I said "give the player always what [they] want". You'll come up empty--I guarantee you...

Agreed. And if it's 11 or higher it isn't really a dump stat in any case.

You're missing the forest for the trees. The person doing point buy cannot start with 18. It's not possible. The absolute best they can...

The problem you have encountered is, simply put, bad incentive design. Defending simply delays the inevitable--which means it gives the...

Was it? Seriously. Was it? If I am the result of one mad wizard's cruel and insane experiments, does that mean "tortles" live in this...

Er...that's...that's exactly what statistics is for? Are we using different meanings of "statistics"? The whole point of statistics is...

Which is why I've been trying to extract that for pages now. As phrased, its been pretty absolutist. I don't think that's absolutely...

Yes, but the question is, under what circumstances is that true? As you phrased it, it sounded like it was in any conflict at all.

I literally said that. Repeatedly. In multiple posts. As I've said, again repeatedly: I'm not the one saying one person always gets...

I agree its not zero sum gain, but it seems that if something would lower the enjoyment of the DM by any degree, even if it raises the...

By that definition, arranged scores always includes a dump stat (unless all of your scores are the same.) If that’s basically always...

This is accounting for the variance. When you roll six sets of 4d6k3, there will be a range for what "the highest stat of that set of...

I think some have indicated that those lines are pretty wide. And keep in mind I think the idea they should be nonexistant is more than...

Good gods, people don't read my posts. I'm not talking about what happens when there's a conflict between what the players want and...