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<blockquote data-quote="Gardens &amp;amp; Goblins" data-source="post: 7302907" data-attributes="member: 6846794">5e is seemingly, for better or worse, built around the standard array / point buy. Which makes sense - you can't readily design around rolling as the results are simply so varied.Anyhoo, assuming a character is built with the standard array, they're looking at:15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8 Assuming a Strength focused melee fighter character took Ability Score improvements at 4th, 6th &amp; 8th, we'd be looking at something like 20 Str, 12 Dex, 16 Con, 10 Int, 14 Wis, 8 ChaCompare this to your character's stat line and you'll see how far above and beyond the 'standard' it is. And of course, you don't add Dex bonuses to AC when wearing Heavy Armour.Seeing such dependencies with your character naturally raises a few questions with regards to the rest of the table's characters - and if your character's stat line and AC rules are an example of what is 'standard' for your table then there's little folks not at your table/using your table's rules can suggest. In many ways, at least for your table and mine, we're playing a different game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gardens & Goblins, post: 7302907, member: 6846794"] 5e is seemingly, for better or worse, built around the standard array / point buy. Which makes sense - you can't readily design around rolling as the results are simply so varied. Anyhoo, assuming a character is built with the standard array, they're looking at: [B]15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8 [/B] Assuming a Strength focused melee fighter character took Ability Score improvements at 4th, 6th & 8th, we'd be looking at something like 20 Str, 12 Dex, 16 Con, 10 Int, 14 Wis, 8 Cha Compare this to your character's stat line and you'll see how far above and beyond the 'standard' it is. And of course, you don't add Dex bonuses to AC when wearing Heavy Armour. Seeing such dependencies with your character naturally raises a few questions with regards to the rest of the table's characters - and if your character's stat line and AC rules are an example of what is 'standard' for your table then there's little folks not at your table/using your table's rules can suggest. In many ways, at least for your table and mine, we're playing a different game. [/QUOTE]

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