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Message: <blockquote data-quote="necrotizer" data-source="post: 8330568" data-attributes="member: 7031499"><p>In addition to points buy, standard array, and a wide array (18, 13, 10, 9, 8, 5), I let players individually choose a method from a variety of options all balanced around a 12 average. I think you'll recognize one of them. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><h3>NORMAL METHOD (12 average)</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generates ability scores between 6 and 18, with an average of 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rolls above and below 12 are equally likely.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Repeat 6 times:</strong> Roll three dice (3d6); reroll ones. <em><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">[Functionally equivalent to 3d5 + 3]</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assign the numbers to the ability scores you choose.</li> </ul><h3>DROP-LOW METHOD (12 average)</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generates ability scores between 3 and 18, with an average of 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rolls above 12 are more likely than rolls below 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Repeat 6 times: </strong>Roll four dice (4d6); drop the lowest roll.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assign the numbers to the ability scores you choose.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtract 1 point from any ability. No ability may fall below 3. <span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)"><em>[Adjusts average to 12.]</em></span></li> </ul><h3>JACK METHOD (12 average)</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generates ability scores between 9 and 15, with an average of 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rolls above and below 12 are equally likely, but most scores will be 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Repeat 6 times: </strong>Roll three four-sided dice (3d4); reroll ones and add 3 to the total.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assign those numbers to the ability scores you choose.</li> </ul><h3><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">UNIFORM METHOD (11.5 average)</span></h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generates highly variable ability scores ranging from 6 to 17.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Risky, as ability scores of 6, 12, or 17 are all equally likely.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Repeat 6 times: </strong>Roll one twelve sided die (1d12); add 5.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assign the numbers to the ability scores you choose.</li> </ul><h3>MAD METHOD (11.5 average)</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Useful for characters that are multiple ability-score dependent (MAD).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generates at least two above-average scores at the expense of a lower overall average.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Generate 6 numbers:</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">5d6 (drop 3 lowest); add 6.     (range: 8-18, average 15.93)<em> <span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">[95% of the time greater than 13]</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4d6 (drop 2 lowest); add 6.    (range: 8-18, average 15.34) <em><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">[95% of the time greater than 12]</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4d6 (drop 1 lowest).        (range: 3-18, average 12.24) <em><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">[95% of the time greater than 8]</span></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2d6; add 3.                   (range: 5-15, average: 10)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2d6; add 2.               (range: 4-14, average: 9)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1d6; add 3.               (range: 4-9, average: 6.5)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assign the numbers to the ability scores you choose.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>

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