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<blockquote data-quote="orsal" data-source="post: 2476167" data-attributes="member: 16016">I assume the &quot;Oops&quot; is that you reread the thread and realized we were talking about a linear point buy. FYI, according to the standard formula 4d6 on average comes out to about 29 points by the standard (nonlinear) formula. That doesn't count the &quot;reroll the whole character if (certain guideline)&quot; rule, which raises the average slightly, because I found it too complicated to calculate exactly how much.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's a small difference, but there's no denying that 28&gt;25. All I was getting at was that ARandomGod's sense of the average power level of the 4d6 method was off.&nbsp;As far as 18s being expensive: in general, raising an attribute from (high number) to (high number)+1 gives you more power than rasing an attribute from (moderate) to (moderate)+1. That's because whatever stat is highest is probably the one that your character is going to use most. For a powergamer (which I'm not), minimaxing is the way to go if you're offered a linear point buy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orsal, post: 2476167, member: 16016"] I assume the "Oops" is that you reread the thread and realized we were talking about a linear point buy. FYI, according to the standard formula 4d6 on average comes out to about 29 points by the standard (nonlinear) formula. That doesn't count the "reroll the whole character if (certain guideline)" rule, which raises the average slightly, because I found it too complicated to calculate exactly how much. It's a small difference, but there's no denying that 28>25. All I was getting at was that ARandomGod's sense of the average power level of the 4d6 method was off. As far as 18s being expensive: in general, raising an attribute from (high number) to (high number)+1 gives you more power than rasing an attribute from (moderate) to (moderate)+1. That's because whatever stat is highest is probably the one that your character is going to use most. For a powergamer (which I'm not), minimaxing is the way to go if you're offered a linear point buy. [/QUOTE]

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