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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7170858" data-attributes="member: 29398">One way around the racial minimum-maximum stat issue is this, which we've been doing since about the age of steam:Assume the normal range for Humans for each stat is a 3-18 bell curve, as in what you get from rolling 3d6.&nbsp; (thus Human stats are never affected by any of what follows as they are the standard against which all others are compared)Then, look at each other race and assign stat ranges to suit, for each stat.&nbsp; Thus, Elf strength might be 3-17 while their dex might be 6-19 and their con 3-16, etc.; Dwarf strength might be 6-18 while their dex could be 3-17 and their con be 7-18, and so on.Then, once you've rolled/chosen/bought your stats and chosen your race you put each of your stats into the new bell curve.&nbsp; So, your Elf with strength 13 sees it go down to 12, its 12 dex goes up to 14, its 15 con goes down to 13, etc. based on how the bell curves line up.&nbsp; It's a bit complicated to do this at first sight, but it works.As for gender differences - long ago dropped for base stats but kept for things like height and weight; and tweaked for other races.Level limits: slowly relaxed over the years to the point where I've got rid of most of them now, but some class-race combinations are still banned outright (no Dwarf Wizards here, thank you very much). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Class minimum stat requirements I very much like, and would add them in to 5e were I to run it.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7170858, member: 29398"] One way around the racial minimum-maximum stat issue is this, which we've been doing since about the age of steam: [COLOR="#AFEEEE"]Assume the normal range for Humans for each stat is a 3-18 bell curve, as in what you get from rolling 3d6. (thus Human stats are never affected by any of what follows as they are the standard against which all others are compared) Then, look at each other race and assign stat ranges to suit, for each stat. Thus, Elf strength might be 3-17 while their dex might be 6-19 and their con 3-16, etc.; Dwarf strength might be 6-18 while their dex could be 3-17 and their con be 7-18, and so on. Then, once you've rolled/chosen/bought your stats and chosen your race you put each of your stats into the new bell curve. So, your Elf with strength 13 sees it go down to 12, its 12 dex goes up to 14, its 15 con goes down to 13, etc. based on how the bell curves line up. It's a bit complicated to do this at first sight, but it works.[/COLOR] As for gender differences - long ago dropped for base stats but kept for things like height and weight; and tweaked for other races. Level limits: slowly relaxed over the years to the point where I've got rid of most of them now, but some class-race combinations are still banned outright (no Dwarf Wizards here, thank you very much). :) Class minimum stat requirements I very much like, and would add them in to 5e were I to run it. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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