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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8521011" data-attributes="member: 18">Sadly I don't have time to properly deconstruct this, but the methodology looks rather dodgy as using pure averages on something with such high randomness is definitely misleading, as is the &quot;point buy&quot; value you're providing.Specifically, the point buy value includes &quot;worthless&quot; points and values them fully. There's a reason the standard array is the shape it is. There's a reason most characters have 1-2 &quot;dump stats&quot;, especially when allowed to use point buy. Because in actual gameplay, it's more important to have a high primary stat and likely a decent secondary and tertiary stat. I mean, 13s across the board gets you 30 points in point buy, and whilst such a character would be &quot;okay&quot;, they'd be noticeably weak compared to the other characters in real effectiveness terms (though certainly begging you to play a non-variant human). There are 27-point point buy characters who would be drastically more effective in real terms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8521011, member: 18"] Sadly I don't have time to properly deconstruct this, but the methodology looks rather dodgy as using pure averages on something with such high randomness is definitely misleading, as is the "point buy" value you're providing. Specifically, the point buy value includes "worthless" points and values them fully. There's a reason the standard array is the shape it is. There's a reason most characters have 1-2 "dump stats", especially when allowed to use point buy. Because in actual gameplay, it's more important to have a high primary stat and likely a decent secondary and tertiary stat. I mean, 13s across the board gets you 30 points in point buy, and whilst such a character would be "okay", they'd be noticeably weak compared to the other characters in real effectiveness terms (though certainly begging you to play a non-variant human). There are 27-point point buy characters who would be drastically more effective in real terms. [/QUOTE]

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