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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6721570" data-attributes="member: 6777696">I don't really know what use this is to this discussion, but I thought I'd look at where "heroic" stats might put heroes with regards to the general populace of a D&D universe.Assumption: The standard human D&D population has a distribution of 3d6 in each ability. (This is slightly more generous than the "average of 10" assumption, since 3d6 averages to 11.)Methodology: output 3d6 on anydice.com. Show "at least". Subtract from 100% to get percentile.Caveat: I am not a statistician and got a C in my 300-level Counting class about a decade ago.18: ~99.5th percentile17: ~98th percentile16: ~95th percentile15: ~90th percentile14: ~84th percentile13: ~74th percentile12: ~62nd percentile11: 50th percentile10: ~37th percentile9: ~26th percentile8: ~16th percentile7: ~9th percentile6: ~5th percentile5: ~2nd percentile4: ~.5th percentile3: Barely qualified to be a member of general populace.So, the standard array posits that a hero will, in one area, be in the 90th percentile of the general populace, before racial modifiers, and, in one area, be in the 16th percentile. Of course, that hero has the chance to get into the 99th percentile and beyond within a few months of his or her adventuring lifetime. (After applying that +1 to his or her prime stat, our Would-Be Human Adventurer jumps up to the 95th percentile. Pretty talented, Would-Be Adventurer.)</blockquote>