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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 6675010" data-attributes="member: 32659">I allowed my players to choose from the default option in the PHB. Frankly, it is their call as to how they start their journey of fun, and the balance issues are going to be marginal in the long run anyway. The real source of power in D&D is the ability to roll 20s on command, not having high stats. Anyway, I had one player get really upset when he rolled a (distinctly average, but not actually bad) set of numbers; I had to tell him to accept it, since the whole point of rolling the dice is a gamble. So I'd say to make sure that your players understand the nature of the dice roll option. And I wouldn't bother with any of the solutions offered in this thread: they all seem to be wildly overcomplicated solutions to a problem that barely exists in the first place. Let people choose whichever system they like. The moment that someone picks up a Girdle or other stat-boosting item the whole ranking of stat excellence will fall apart anyway, so why worry?</blockquote>