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Yes, but but there is a fine line between using them for inspiration and being forced to roll for everything and being bound to the results. DMs have veto power over random rolls if it serves the flow of game (ignoring a random encounter roll against a weaken party or rolling an obvious...

I didn't say that. I don't think balancing the potential power of fireball should be "...and sometimes you kill your friends instead". I'd rather have those "cool powerful abilities" be brought in line with the other classes.

I don't have an issue if you want to play D&D like analog Diablo. I just don't want that the default assumption for character, world, or adventure building.

You know what else would be fun? DMs have to randomly generate all dungeons and make all encounters random encounters! All treasure randomized! All towns procedurally generated. All NPC reactions rolled. Why should DMs not have the fun of having their creative efforts bound to the dice?

Bold of you to assume my dice gave me scores good enough to be a fighter rather than a 9 strength, 14 Dex and 12 Con. Go be thief, in 10 levels your thief skills % might actually be good enough to reliably sneak or pick pockets!

You assume that the rest of the group wasn't in on the cheating. We all saw the stat for Drizzt, Raistlin and Conan (and all the other NPCs with multiple high scores). We could understand that ability score mods started at 15, prime requisites sometimes required multiple 16s, you couldn't cast...

of course not! This is D&D, where you can play anyt character your heart desires as long as random chance allows it.

Legit. I always viewed Soul Caliber as D&D the Fighting Game (please ignore Blood and Iron) and as the series went on and became more explicitly magical.

I was under the impression that you felt WotC shouldn't release a new DS book (because they won't do it" justice") and instead put it in the Guild as is and let the fans release it instead. I'm saying WotC will release it's version (and make money) and then the fans will try to fix it (and WotC...

Yup. I view it akin to character creation via slot machine. Especially the old "3d6 in order" method which doesn't even guarantee I will qualify for any class, let alone the one I want to play.

I don't see a reason WotC will change it. WotC has not reacted to any of the criticisms over thier Eberron, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Planescape, Spelljammer or Ravenloft changes. Each of them sold well enough despite the "backlash". A Dark Sun "hated" by the "fans" will still...

You still need a baseline product to open it to the DMs Guild.

I start at level 1, but level 1 and 2 don't last more than a session each.

In my book, I don't view dice rolls during play and during character generation the same. I view the latter as gambling with your character. In game, a dice roll represents a single action: swing a sword, pick a pocket, resist a spell. The odds of that one roll permanently affecting your...

It was a survival instinct. A fighter with a 12 strength and 1 HP wasn't going to make it. We knew that, the DM knew that. And after a while we just stopped asking because we knew to reroll was imminent and just did it ourselves. Eventually, we just figured out that points and fixed HP did the...

I want to focus on the adventure, not rolling to see if my class features work or if I'm going to tpk my own party. I certainly don't want to be taken out with friendly fire because Bob rolled a one on his lightning bolt. With friends like that... If I want an unserious game with random death...

A new default setting would just be another kitchen sink, and we got plenty of those. Not saying it's wouldn't work, but it would have to somehow beat Greyhawk, Realms, Mystara and Nearth at their own game.

Exactly. Well, they were a little more subtle. 18, 16, 16, 15, 14, 12. Gotta have a dump stat..

D&D is Soul Caliber. A vaguely Renaissance/Age of exploration set world where you can have. Medieval knight in plate and greatsword, a priestess of Hephaestus with a gladius and shield, a mechanical ninja, a golem made by a cult, a noble duelist with a rapier, a barbarian from the New World, a...

I've spoken at length that rolling stats (eape in AD&D where the ability to raise them was DM fiat and bonuses only came at 15+) only encouraged my long time players to cheat and newer players to get saddled with mediocre at best scores. It's hard to be fair when one player's highest score in a...