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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7277251" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I may have posted responses to questions something along the lines of "Do what makes sense for your character, and what will be fun, don't listen to the optimizers".  But no, I don't read them for character advice on how to build my character.If you took the trouble to look up my history, maybe you should have read what I posted.Or people desperate to put down other peoples preferences.Nope.  16, 12, 16, 10, 14, 8.  He inherited his father's physical might  and endurance (high strength, constitution)  but was wise enough to know he could never inspire his people like his father did (high wisdom, low charisma).  So while he was the noble born son of a king, he spent as much time as possible learning how to become a rogue.  There's a lot more to it, but you get the drift.  He did take a few levels of fighter, but that was so he could add his strength bonus to his secondary attack with two weapon fighting; he's primarily a rogue.Backstory and character is more important to me than optimization.So you prefer rolling.  That's fine.  But if any person's characters are boring and defined by their ability scores alone, I don't think the problem is the system.</blockquote>