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<blockquote data-quote="Sunking" data-source="post: 5056779" data-attributes="member: 87198"><p>it depends on what your goal is and how your group is;</p><p> </p><p>random might be more fun (me personal anyhow) but it quikly screws with ballance.</p><p> </p><p>Point buy semes more fair but is just plain dull (me personal anyhow) and can easely be broken to by power gaming.</p><p> </p><p>Methods I have used as DM</p><p> </p><p>Roll 4D6 removing lowest roll each time X6, rerolling if total bonus is less than +2 and there aint 2 15+ stats, gives all posibilitis for at least being good in theyr chosen field (can still fell bad playing a clearic with avarage stats and wis + 1 other stat 15 while pal have all stats strong for ex. but thats agein only if the players is overly jalous on each other)</p><p> </p><p>for gestalt campagins i have run i used d20 7 times removing lovest roll rerolling all below 6 and total reroll if not +5 total modefier</p><p> </p><p>Tried using point by but some of my players are just to muncking to not abuse this and that means casters who relye more one 1 stat are more power.</p><p> </p><p>In a campagin were im a player these dayes (weee) we use</p><p>17, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11 place as u like, it ok but all caster types have chosen to start in age catergori 1, for bosts to stats and that sucks a bit i think (but that they could have done any how so mabey its just me ranting <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunking, post: 5056779, member: 87198"] it depends on what your goal is and how your group is; random might be more fun (me personal anyhow) but it quikly screws with ballance. Point buy semes more fair but is just plain dull (me personal anyhow) and can easely be broken to by power gaming. Methods I have used as DM Roll 4D6 removing lowest roll each time X6, rerolling if total bonus is less than +2 and there aint 2 15+ stats, gives all posibilitis for at least being good in theyr chosen field (can still fell bad playing a clearic with avarage stats and wis + 1 other stat 15 while pal have all stats strong for ex. but thats agein only if the players is overly jalous on each other) for gestalt campagins i have run i used d20 7 times removing lovest roll rerolling all below 6 and total reroll if not +5 total modefier Tried using point by but some of my players are just to muncking to not abuse this and that means casters who relye more one 1 stat are more power. In a campagin were im a player these dayes (weee) we use 17, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11 place as u like, it ok but all caster types have chosen to start in age catergori 1, for bosts to stats and that sucks a bit i think (but that they could have done any how so mabey its just me ranting :blush:) [/QUOTE]
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