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I think I see. This is because the point buy value scale is not symmetrical around the Classic (3d6) method's average of 10.5. We can...

You're right. Here are 10 sets of 15d2-12, where the average is 10.5 and the standard deviation is 1.94. (That's tight!) This is...

Worthwhile idea for any edition, not just 5e. I'd start 'em at 11 rather than 10, though. The first few levels would be a slow-motion...

When comparing 65 options to 54,264 options, that seems a self-answering question. The DM should ideally be setting the challenges...

5e doesn't have a rules-based cutline below which you can re-roll, then? The problem with balance in this case is that the...

Mr. Emmerybird is my halfling Blink Wizard who tele-hops around the battlefield summoning giant toads and saying, "Boo!" Her is obsessed...

ah yes, the 'small' species that isn't actually small. ;)

I'm not sure what balance is. Earlier we pointed out that the Standard Array is the most balanced. It is also the most constrained. We...

Just go to anydice.com, and put this in: output 15d2-12 output [highest 15 of 16d2]-12 output [highest 15 of 17d2]-12 output [highest...

Could you generate a graph for 15d2-12. Maybe a graph for 16d2k15-12, 17d2k15-12, and 18d2k15-12? 🥺

I think they already know.

Tell that to the people that wrote the MM. :)

Nah. Almost everyone thinking at least a little strategically will raise their main stat to somewhere between 16-20, then Con to a...

Yes, this is correct. Just about any method that offers choice will lead to dumping scores.° The Standard method leads to dump scores as...

That's your fatal flaw. Monsters don't all have an AC of 16, which is why these sorts of simulations fail. The AC is irrelevant. What...