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Array v 4d6: Punishment? Or overlooked data
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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6625002" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>A base presumption for the last, what, fifteen years and three editions? Not really a big assumption.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not at all. But, the encounters have to be designed against some baseline. What it means is that the die rolled group is typically operating at a higher level than the point buy group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, a baseline assumption of 3e, 4e and now 5e. Not a big shocker there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>True. But, we can't control for that. If Player X is much higher skill level AND has a much higher point buy value character, he's going to dramatically outshine the other PC.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This last bit I disagree with. "Average" die rolled characters are a lot less common than they should be because many tables allow fudging during chargen. "Die Rolled" as often as not, means "I roll until I get something I like"</p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You can use die rolls all you like. I don't really care. The point I'm making though is that die rolled characters are frequently the source of many of the balance issues in the game. A lot of the headaches of D&D go away when you don't use die rolls.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6625002, member: 22779"] A base presumption for the last, what, fifteen years and three editions? Not really a big assumption. Not at all. But, the encounters have to be designed against some baseline. What it means is that the die rolled group is typically operating at a higher level than the point buy group. Again, a baseline assumption of 3e, 4e and now 5e. Not a big shocker there. True. But, we can't control for that. If Player X is much higher skill level AND has a much higher point buy value character, he's going to dramatically outshine the other PC. This last bit I disagree with. "Average" die rolled characters are a lot less common than they should be because many tables allow fudging during chargen. "Die Rolled" as often as not, means "I roll until I get something I like"[/quote] You can use die rolls all you like. I don't really care. The point I'm making though is that die rolled characters are frequently the source of many of the balance issues in the game. A lot of the headaches of D&D go away when you don't use die rolls. [/QUOTE]
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