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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7167227" data-attributes="member: 6803664">What in the Abyss are you talking about?  Your scores mattered ALOT in AD&D.● Those minimums dictated what race & class you could choose.  You rolled low, guess what?  You weren't playing an _______ this time.I don't know about you, but I think that's really important.● You (often) got bonus xp if your classes prime stat was high enough.● You didn't get +'s just for having a stat like you do here in the 21st century..... ● Skill checks were generally roll =/under your score.  So yeah, you might not have +/-s, but you were better off trying to roll under a 13 than you were a 9.....● You also weren't on some treadmill of increasing your scores every few lvs.  So when you did somehow get a stat increase it was a big deal.</blockquote>