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<blockquote data-quote="Flynn" data-source="post: 3677739" data-attributes="member: 1836">I use Point Buy, and here's why: Back in the early, early days of 3E, we started a campaign using the 4d6, drop the lowest, method of character generation. One of the guys was lucky and rolled the equivalent of a 53 Point Buy character, whereas most were in the 24-32 Point Buy range. For several months, I'd get an almost weekly email from the 24 Point Buy player that the 53 Point Buy player had an unfair advantage and dominated the game. The griping and moaning was grating on my nerves, but I did notice that others started making similar complaints, so I had to admit to myself that the point was valid. I finished the campaign as I started it, to maintain the conditions of the game throughout (I was also using it to vet out 3E from 1-20 level, and see how the game played out). As an aside, the complaining player left the game, but the disparity of player enjoyment because of the vast stat differences continued to the end of the campaign.After that campaign, I started using 32 Point Buy and never looked back. The only complaint I ever had was from a power monger player that tried to talk me into 45, then 40, then 35 Point Buy, before realizing that I wasn't going above 32 as my baseline. He, too, played only a few months and then left.Point Buy definitely made my job as the DM a lot easier, at least in the customer service department, and I no longer have to pay the price for someone else's poor stat rolls.With Regards,Flynn</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flynn, post: 3677739, member: 1836"] I use Point Buy, and here's why: Back in the early, early days of 3E, we started a campaign using the 4d6, drop the lowest, method of character generation. One of the guys was lucky and rolled the equivalent of a 53 Point Buy character, whereas most were in the 24-32 Point Buy range. For several months, I'd get an almost weekly email from the 24 Point Buy player that the 53 Point Buy player had an unfair advantage and dominated the game. The griping and moaning was grating on my nerves, but I did notice that others started making similar complaints, so I had to admit to myself that the point was valid. I finished the campaign as I started it, to maintain the conditions of the game throughout (I was also using it to vet out 3E from 1-20 level, and see how the game played out). As an aside, the complaining player left the game, but the disparity of player enjoyment because of the vast stat differences continued to the end of the campaign. After that campaign, I started using 32 Point Buy and never looked back. The only complaint I ever had was from a power monger player that tried to talk me into 45, then 40, then 35 Point Buy, before realizing that I wasn't going above 32 as my baseline. He, too, played only a few months and then left. Point Buy definitely made my job as the DM a lot easier, at least in the customer service department, and I no longer have to pay the price for someone else's poor stat rolls. With Regards, Flynn [/QUOTE]

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