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<blockquote data-quote="Benimoto" data-source="post: 3017356" data-attributes="member: 40093">I've also had players who cringe at basically any stat generation, short of &quot;roll 4d6 until you're happy with your stats&quot;.&nbsp; I don't have a huge problem with that, but it does seem to lead to issues with the game balance.The main issues I have with high stat characters are:1) High stats take away some of the specialist classes strength.&nbsp; High Con on the whole party makes a high hit die less important.&nbsp; High Int on anyone who wants it makes a classes skill points less important.&nbsp; High Str on guys like a cleric make fighter BAB less important.2) Following up on the skill points thing, I've noticed that my characters with high stats tend to qualifiy for a lot of different prestige classes, and then hop between them rapidly as they gain levels.3) More capable characters mean they'll burn through ELs of monsters and challenges quicker, gaining levels faster, and making the whole campaign shorter.All of those could be seen as positive things in a campaign by certain groups or players.&nbsp; I just know that I'm a little tired of the superheroic campaigns.&nbsp; High level characters are heroic enough without having to have superhuman stats.&nbsp; I think that I'll be trying 25 or 28 point buy in my next campaign.&nbsp; I play lots of con games with those stats and they're perfectly playable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benimoto, post: 3017356, member: 40093"] I've also had players who cringe at basically any stat generation, short of "roll 4d6 until you're happy with your stats". I don't have a huge problem with that, but it does seem to lead to issues with the game balance. The main issues I have with high stat characters are: 1) High stats take away some of the specialist classes strength. High Con on the whole party makes a high hit die less important. High Int on anyone who wants it makes a classes skill points less important. High Str on guys like a cleric make fighter BAB less important. 2) Following up on the skill points thing, I've noticed that my characters with high stats tend to qualifiy for a lot of different prestige classes, and then hop between them rapidly as they gain levels. 3) More capable characters mean they'll burn through ELs of monsters and challenges quicker, gaining levels faster, and making the whole campaign shorter. All of those could be seen as positive things in a campaign by certain groups or players. I just know that I'm a little tired of the superheroic campaigns. High level characters are heroic enough without having to have superhuman stats. I think that I'll be trying 25 or 28 point buy in my next campaign. I play lots of con games with those stats and they're perfectly playable. [/QUOTE]

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