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It was "may."

Point-buy and standard array are also by default removing the worst end of the curve as well. You simply can't start with anything...

Yes, a very very poor design choice. Even point-buy tends to bell-curve the stats - the higher the stat, the more points it costs -...

3e by RAW had a cutline: if either (or both) of... a - all your rolls are 13 or lower b - your total aggregate bonus is less than +1...

...i've never rolled a three but i've rolled a 4: i put it with the racial plus-two and made a very interesting character who...

This should be SOP for rolling any player-side dice for any reason in the game (though not everyone else has to watch, just the DM)...

I don't say that you should giver a fig about it. You asked what it gives other than gambling. I told you. There are enough of us...

You can't get more variety from point buy and arrays, since rolling can produce all of those plus more. I've seen athletes that were...

I think folks should have some capability in other pillars, but I do not think that they should be able to participate(let alone...

It’s possible that I’ve never been offended/bothered by anything. I fully accept my role as background noise. As the youngest of 8...

Sure. I'm fine with this. Most of the bell curve's population is in what I call the mushy middle; and the question is how to...

Hell, maybe this guy is the Wasted Wench; and if that don't give some inspiration for backstory and roleplay, nothing will. :)

That's fine. Flip side: if just one player doesn't want to roll then that player can use a point-buy tweaked to give numbers...

You gain a more variable - and thus, both more realistic and believable - set of characters. Your second sentence disagrees with your...

Based on a bunch of ghost stories and examples too numerous to list, common sense would tell me this rule is wrong; and that the spectre...