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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5746828" data-attributes="member: 92511">Thanks "Hass" (Do you mind if I call you Hass? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )! This actually would work really nicely with something else I was toying around with for "General Skills" (able to be taken by any class)...Thanks for saving me a bit of work...and we will definitely be coming back to this a bit later.They are evocative and I like that quartet myself. But, you're right, they're a bit too "un-D&D" for what I like/am trying to do.To that point, however, before continuing on, I suppose we really need to hammer down the whole "Abilities" thing...and Ability generation...seeing as, ya know, it is the basic framework for the whole friggin' character and many other elements stem from them...hmmm...Ok.I think we're all pretty much on the page that this "system" of "All Fours" is going to have 4 Ability scores instead of 6. More details on that later. But first, I need some help/input here...Method for Ability Score generation. (as this will determine how I outline the Abilities bonuses for play)Which one do people like best?Method 1. Roll 4d6. Drop the lowest. Player arranges as desired. Scores of 3-18 with bonuses from 15 and up. Most familiar for most player, I would think.Method 2. Roll 4d6. Keep them all. Player arranges as desired. Scores from 4-24 with bonuses from...let's say, 20 and up.Method 3: Roll 4d4. Keep them all. Player arranges as desired. Scores from 4 to 16 with bonuses from...12, I guess. 4-7 is considered "below average", 8-11 is average and 12-16 is "above average"/receives some game relevant bonus/es.Of course, for those looking for that "random/old skool" feel, a DM/group is perfectly welcome to use the "roll dice, use in order" alternative for generating Ability scores.OH! And I'm figuring/thinking of the basic d20 mechanic when it comes to resolution stuff...Take your relevant Ability score + any modifiers there might be and roll under. I imagine that would have some baring on what method people think best. In the case of Method 2, with a maximum possible score of 24, I guess that would have to changed to rolling both d20 and a d4 together....actually....ya know what, forget about Method 2. haha.Method 1 or 3, which do you guys like better.</blockquote>

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