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<blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2472417" data-attributes="member: 13164">Actually, 3 sixes rolled nets an 18, a +4 bonus.&nbsp; 3 ones rolled nets a 3, a -4 penalty.&nbsp; The statistics of getting either is the same, and the mechanic works to the same level in the opposite direction.Ability score generation has never been &quot;linear.&quot;&nbsp; Even in point-buy, higher ability scores cost more than lower ones.&nbsp; It gets harder and harder to get to the extremes of the curve the more dice you use to roll, so if every human ability score is calculated via 15d6 as the first post in this thread suggests, ability scores in the &quot;middle ground&quot; (a range of modifiers called the Doldrums or Mundanes by my players) are going to be more frequent.I hate to say this, but if you're bored by the mechanics aspects of the game and our mathematical discussion of this house rule, why are you reading this thread?&nbsp; If you don't want this level of math in a thread you participate in, there are plenty of other threads on this forum, and you can even start one of your own.&nbsp; So please leave us to our complex tinkering if you must, but don't criticize us for &quot;boring&quot; anyone with our &quot;talking in circles&quot;–there are many types of gaming discussions, and as this is a public forum we are free to get as boring as we want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="genshou, post: 2472417, member: 13164"] Actually, 3 sixes rolled nets an 18, a +4 bonus. 3 ones rolled nets a 3, a -4 penalty. The statistics of getting either is the same, and the mechanic works to the same level in the opposite direction. Ability score generation has never been "linear." Even in point-buy, higher ability scores cost more than lower ones. It gets harder and harder to get to the extremes of the curve the more dice you use to roll, so if every human ability score is calculated via 15d6 as the first post in this thread suggests, ability scores in the "middle ground" (a range of modifiers called the Doldrums or Mundanes by my players) are going to be more frequent. I hate to say this, but if you're bored by the mechanics aspects of the game and our mathematical discussion of this house rule, why are you reading this thread? If you don't want this level of math in a thread you participate in, there are plenty of other threads on this forum, and you can even start one of your own. So please leave us to our complex tinkering if you must, but don't criticize us for "boring" anyone with our "talking in circles"–there are many types of gaming discussions, and as this is a public forum we are free to get as boring as we want. [/QUOTE]

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