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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9347526" data-attributes="member: 12731">In an <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-do-you-handle-randomly-rolling-for-stats.704257/post-9347332" target="_blank">unrelated thread someone posted</a>&nbsp; a link to <a href="http://aramis.hostman.us/dnd/RedrickRoller.html" target="_blank">this site</a>, which generates entirely random but still legal 27 point buy characters with a single click, using the method of purchasing one random ability point at a time until all 27 points are used up.I liked the idea more than the code so I &quot;had to&quot; write my own. My original 5E-legal code is in that thread. For purposes of this thread, however, I'm presenting y'all with a variant that might be of use in a &quot;world where men are mighty, women are voluptuous!&quot;Since not everybody is aboard gender differentiated starting ability scores, I'm using spoiler tags. Simply don't click the spoiler if you don't think this idea has a place in your S&amp;S campaign.[SPOILER]To be clear, what this code does is it presents two buttons instead of one: to generate male and female characters respectively. Male characters are 50% as likely to increase Strength as any other stat while female characters are 50% as likely to increase Charisma. That change alone makes for what I believe is a genre-appropriate difference. Do note - this can still result in a male with, say Strength 11 or 12 - but it makes it likely he'll be stronger and very unlikely he'll be weaker. Same for females and Charisma - far from every female character will get 14 or 15 in Charisma, but very few will be generated with an 8 or 9.Simply paste the following code into a new Notepad and save it as &quot;roll.html&quot;, then double-click that file to run it in your default browser. I won't even try to attach a html file; I'm sure multiple computer systems would get a heart attack for fear of viruses if I tried...Note: These characters remain completely legal 5E 27-point buy characters, exactly what the Xoth Player's Guide suggests.[CODE=html]&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;&lt;html lang='en'&gt;&lt;head&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=utf8&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;meta name=&quot;viewport&quot; content=&quot;width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Redrick Roller (Zapp's Sword and Sorcery variant)&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;button onclick=&quot;roll(false)&quot;&gt;Roll up a male!&lt;/button&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;button onclick=&quot;roll(true)&quot;&gt;Roll up a female!&lt;/button&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;pre id=&quot;output&quot;&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;script&gt;function roll(female) {&nbsp; &nbsp; // start with all 8s and purchase a +1 increase in one random stat until all points are used up&nbsp; &nbsp; // stats have a 2 in 13 probability of being selected except one stat for each sex with 3 in 13.&nbsp; &nbsp; let pts = 27;&nbsp; &nbsp; let stats = [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8];&nbsp; &nbsp; let costs = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 99];&nbsp; &nbsp; let stat;&nbsp; &nbsp; let output = document.getElementById(&quot;output&quot;);&nbsp; &nbsp; while (pts &gt; 0) {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; let cantbuy = true;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; let cost;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; while (cantbuy) {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stat = Math.floor(Math.random() * 13);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if (stat === 12) {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stat = (female ? 5 : 0);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; } else {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stat = Math.floor(stat / 2);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; console.log(&quot;roll &quot; + stat);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; cost = costs[stats[stat]-8];&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; cantbuy = (cost &gt; pts);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pts -= cost;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stats[stat]++;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; console.log(&quot;increase &quot; + stat + &quot;, pts left &quot; + pts);&nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; output.textContent += &quot;STR&quot; + (female ? &quot;: &quot; : &quot;&gt; &quot;) + stats[0] +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; CON: &quot; + stats[1] +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; DEX: &quot; + stats[2] +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; INT: &quot; + stats[3] +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; WIS: &quot; + stats[4] +&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp; CHA&quot; + (female ? &quot;&gt; &quot; : &quot;: &quot;) + stats[5] + &quot;.\n&quot;;}&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/script&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;[/CODE][/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 9347526, member: 12731"] In an [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-do-you-handle-randomly-rolling-for-stats.704257/post-9347332']unrelated thread someone posted[/URL] a link to [URL='http://aramis.hostman.us/dnd/RedrickRoller.html']this site[/URL], which generates entirely random but still legal 27 point buy characters with a single click, using the method of purchasing one random ability point at a time until all 27 points are used up. I liked the idea more than the code so I "had to" write my own. My original 5E-legal code is in that thread. For purposes of this thread, however, I'm presenting y'all with a variant that might be of use in a "world where men are mighty, women are voluptuous!" Since not everybody is aboard gender differentiated starting ability scores, I'm using spoiler tags. Simply don't click the spoiler if you don't think this idea has a place in your S&S campaign. [SPOILER] To be clear, what this code does is it presents two buttons instead of one: to generate male and female characters respectively. Male characters are 50% as likely to increase Strength as any other stat while female characters are 50% as likely to increase Charisma. That change alone makes for what I believe is a genre-appropriate difference. Do note - this can still result in a male with, say Strength 11 or 12 - but it makes it likely he'll be stronger and very unlikely he'll be weaker. Same for females and Charisma - far from every female character will get 14 or 15 in Charisma, but very few will be generated with an 8 or 9. Simply paste the following code into a new Notepad and save it as "roll.html", then double-click that file to run it in your default browser. I won't even try to attach a html file; I'm sure multiple computer systems would get a heart attack for fear of viruses if I tried... Note: These characters remain completely legal 5E 27-point buy characters, exactly what the Xoth Player's Guide suggests. [CODE=html]<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang='en'> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Redrick Roller (Zapp's Sword and Sorcery variant)</title> </head> <body> <button onclick="roll(false)">Roll up a male!</button> <button onclick="roll(true)">Roll up a female!</button> <pre id="output"></pre> <script> function roll(female) { // start with all 8s and purchase a +1 increase in one random stat until all points are used up // stats have a 2 in 13 probability of being selected except one stat for each sex with 3 in 13. let pts = 27; let stats = [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8]; let costs = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 99]; let stat; let output = document.getElementById("output"); while (pts > 0) { let cantbuy = true; let cost; while (cantbuy) { stat = Math.floor(Math.random() * 13); if (stat === 12) { stat = (female ? 5 : 0); } else { stat = Math.floor(stat / 2); } console.log("roll " + stat); cost = costs[stats[stat]-8]; cantbuy = (cost > pts); } pts -= cost; stats[stat]++; console.log("increase " + stat + ", pts left " + pts); } output.textContent += "STR" + (female ? ": " : "> ") + stats[0] + " CON: " + stats[1] + " DEX: " + stats[2] + " INT: " + stats[3] + " WIS: " + stats[4] + " CHA" + (female ? "> " : ": ") + stats[5] + ".\n"; } </script> </body> </html>[/CODE] [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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