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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 3729159" data-attributes="member: 3192">Randomness is a rule designed to simulate reality.  It isn't cut and dried.  There is always a chance of failure.  So I have no problem rolling 1s or hit points.  Random PC scores like HPs are almost dead now unfortunately.  Almost everything that dictates your character by fortune has gone by the boards.I dislike point buy, but use it in 3E.  Its a problem with Ability Scores having far too much impact.  Stripping out their integration with other stats would be great.  At least make it an option.Randomness is great when it spurs ideas and gives you a caricature of a character or broad strokes that could lead somewhere.  When it has a large effect on your enjoyment of the game, it's a problem.  Destroying randomness is not the answer though.  It is removing one leg so the other can touch the ground.</blockquote>