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page 5, 6, and 76 of what book?

It really doesn't come into play much until you are at 3 or 4 attacks.

In prior editions, sure. In 5e the difference between 16 and 20 is minor. The difference between 16 and 18 is not really noticeable...

It would be rare for it to be more than I posted above. And I'm not telling you how to play yours. Only that the disparity you guys...

No. Stats don't mean a whole heck of a lot in 5e. Class abilities and feats make far more of a difference.

I don't see any of that. Weird.

He isn't talking about Canon, he is just thinking through his own interpretation.

For sure. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, just that it isn't what is when it comes to official Dark Sun lore.

I think that you're technically right, but personally, I like @Yaarel 's take. It explains a lot.

Two reasons: 1 - as informers to roleplay; 2 - for those times when (usually in-character physical) actions need to be abstracted...

You don't have to roll all 18s, the same would be true if you rolled all 13s or all 4s. It's true that both the Standard method and...

No. Not even a house rule. Countless are the games I've played in where without a house rule the DM just says to re-roll. This whole...

It's funny, in a way: discussions like this are the closing of a circle that began in the early TSR days. To explain: In, say, 1e all...

While I agree with your overall stance, I do have to ask why damage output is seen as the primary (or only) measure of balance.

Nah. The response nobody is going to have to play the first set.