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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 8331389" data-attributes="member: 23">Whenever how to pick ability scores comes up as a topic, I feel it is my sacred duty to pass on the wisdom of the superior method, the redric roller[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]http://aramis.hostman.us/dnd/RedrickRoller.html[/URL]This was inspired by an older EN world thread:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/array-v-4d6-punishment-or-overlooked-data.368901/page-9#post-6624002" target="_blank">D&amp;D 5E - Array v 4d6: Punishment?&nbsp; Or overlooked data</a>He proposes keeping the rolls in order, but I think it's even better if you allow moving the numbers around (so no one is stuck with 8 con...).&nbsp; This way, you don't have full &quot;control&quot; like you do with point buy or stat arrays, but you also end up with PCs that are more closely balanced - I think some combo of numbers are slightly better than others, but no one is going to have god-like stats.And finally, it makes the standard human, in some cases, a great pick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 8331389, member: 23"] Whenever how to pick ability scores comes up as a topic, I feel it is my sacred duty to pass on the wisdom of the [I]superior[/I] method, the [I]redric roller[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]http://aramis.hostman.us/dnd/RedrickRoller.html[/URL] This was inspired by an older EN world thread: [URL="https://www.enworld.org/threads/array-v-4d6-punishment-or-overlooked-data.368901/page-9#post-6624002"]D&D 5E - Array v 4d6: Punishment? Or overlooked data[/URL] He proposes keeping the rolls in order, but I think it's even better if you allow moving the numbers around (so no one is stuck with 8 con...). This way, you don't have full "control" like you do with point buy or stat arrays, but you also end up with PCs that are more closely balanced - I think some combo of numbers are slightly better than others, but no one is going to have god-like stats. And finally, it makes the standard human, in some cases, a [I]great[/I] pick. [/QUOTE]

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