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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ellie_the_Elf" data-source="post: 2472152" data-attributes="member: 17018">I don't really have anything to add that hasn't been said already...but I thought you might find this little story amusing.We're preparing to run a new game at the moment, and I told my players they could basically pick what stats they wanted. Mostly they seemed pretty happy with this, and after a few jokes about how they were having 6 18s, they all chose what I'd consider reasonable stats.Except my boyfriend, who got very quiet. On the way home, he asked if he could roll instead. I said no problem. So we got home, I went and got changed, and came back downstairs to find him waiting for me with his 4d6. Asked what he was doing, answer was 'Waiting for you to witness my rolls'. So he rolled, I watched- and the first set were pretty low- highest was about a 14, as I recall. I told him he could reroll, which he did. Second set were better, but not quite what he wanted. I suggested he pick stats instead and was rewarded with a pained expression, so told him he could reroll again. Third set, he wanted to put one roll up by one and reduce another by the same amount, which I didn't have a problem with. He sat and considered this, then asked if it might be better for him to roll the whole lot again?At this point I realised that he didn't want to pick a set of 6 numbers, he wanted to *roll* the specific set of 6 numbers he had in mind. Many, many rolls later he finally got what he wanted and is very proud he rolled these stats instead of just choosing them  <rolls eyes> I can't even pretend to understand the logic of this, but at least we can start the campaign now.Ellie.</blockquote>

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