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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roman" data-source="post: 3322715" data-attributes="member: 1845">I think 4d6 drop the lowest in order, is weaker even in cases where the race and class are selected only after the ability scores are rolled. Sure, the player may be happy to play any class, but the highest and next highest stats might not be in stats that synchronize well with each other for the benefit of a given class and as you point out the Constitution score is very important for all classes. Assuming the class is selected on the basis of the highest ability score, the second highest ability score has a 80% chance of not being the second most important ability score for the class. Furthermore, it has 60% chance of not being second or third most important, 40% chance of not being the second, third or fourth most important and 20% chance of being the least important ability score for the class. Hmm... what is the expected spread between the highest and second highest scores on 4d6 drop the lowest (and just for the sake of comparison on 3d6)?</blockquote>