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I heard someone wanted some MATH. Group check requires at least half the attempts succeed, hence (as already said at least once) odd...
Jan 7, 2026
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For once? We don't need high scores to be superheroes in this game. It's the default.
Jan 7, 2026
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Yeah, you're right. Now I'm going to have to do some real math. Just multiplying them won't work. Maybe I shouldn't have gone out and...
Jan 7, 2026
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If you played 100 different sessions with characters using those two arrays and 200 different players each playing a PC of their own...
Jan 7, 2026
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dice result meta-knowledge has never really been something that's quite sat right with me on certain kinds of checks, people like to...
Jan 7, 2026
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How about this as an idea. The Player rolls a d20 in front of the screen and the Dungeon Master rolls a d20 behind the screen. Then...
Jan 7, 2026
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I don't know if I agree with the premise that the result of the roll should be ambiguous after the roll is resolved. I also try not to...
Jan 7, 2026
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The number of people responding to surveys, not to mention skewing older, on this forum makes any numbers pretty pointless.
Jan 7, 2026
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The chance is higher than that because not all of those combinations have an equal chance of occuring.
Jan 7, 2026
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It would seem that 41% of people on these boards Roll with Dice, 31% Buy with Points, and 25% use the Standard Array.
Jan 7, 2026
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Do you guys need me to build another histogram? Cuz I'll build another histogram.
Jan 7, 2026
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Point Buy absolutely will not give results that are identical in play and usually won't give results that are even close in play. You...
Jan 7, 2026
Lakesidefantasy
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I doubt it. Have you made 66 Point Buy characters? Then you are guaranteed to have made two identical sets of arrays. But you probably...
Jan 7, 2026
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@CreamCloud0 already covered this, but I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring too. Your premise is flawed, by way of a fallacy of...
Jan 6, 2026
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All my problems have been solved. I will just tell those that insist on rolling the method is 4D6 drop lowest until they have 15, 14...
Jan 6, 2026
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