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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5833047" data-attributes="member: 46713">When we started playing 4e I switched from using point-buy to using stat arrays. This means everyone's starting on an equal footing _and_ min-maxing is minimized.Of course this leads mostly to cookie-cutter builds, but I'm fine with that. There's still been minor variations (e.g. switching primary &amp; secondary stats).I definitely like it better than players creating ineffective characters &quot;for the sake of roleplaying&quot;. Unless you're playing a pretty untypical D&amp;D game, combat is going to be important, so what's the point of creating a genius, weakling fighter?It's detrimental to what I consider a fun game of D&amp;D and in the worst case can ruin the game for everyone. It's not even realistic: If you don't have the slightest talent for something, there's no way you'll end up doing it for any appreciable length of time (unless someone else benefits in some way from your incompetence...).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 5833047, member: 46713"] When we started playing 4e I switched from using point-buy to using stat arrays. This means everyone's starting on an equal footing _and_ min-maxing is minimized. Of course this leads mostly to cookie-cutter builds, but I'm fine with that. There's still been minor variations (e.g. switching primary & secondary stats). I definitely like it better than players creating ineffective characters "for the sake of roleplaying". Unless you're playing a pretty untypical D&D game, combat is going to be important, so what's the point of creating a genius, weakling fighter? It's detrimental to what I consider a fun game of D&D and in the worst case can ruin the game for everyone. It's not even realistic: If you don't have the slightest talent for something, there's no way you'll end up doing it for any appreciable length of time (unless someone else benefits in some way from your incompetence...). [/QUOTE]

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