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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1671381" data-attributes="member: 6875">Now figure, an average of two sets rolled per character (fewer for some, many more for others).That's a net of roughly 75%of all characteshavingone or more scores in the 16, 17, and 18 range (pre-race, ofc).&nbsp; And almost 22% of them will have at least one natural 18 - meaning, 22% of characters have an 18, 53% of them have &quot;only&quot; a 16 or 17, and the remaining 25% have a high score of 15 or lower.Well, gee, if one in five characters will have an 18, then HalfOrc does become marginally moreattractive, for a no-frills training-wheels barbarian.And that still doesn't account for the range of stats that get rerolled even by Core PHB Rules.Thanee, what's the chance to roll a 13 or above?&nbsp; More importantly, what's the chance to roll a 12 or lower?Accounting for the &quot;all modifiers add up to +0 or less&quot; will be muchharder (my pitiful math-fu is NOT up to that task), but we can eliminate the &quot;no score 13 or higher&quot; rolls, and see what's up THEN.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pax, post: 1671381, member: 6875"] Now figure, an average of two sets rolled per character (fewer for some, many more for others). That's a net of roughly 75%of all characteshavingone or more scores in the 16, 17, and 18 range (pre-race, ofc). And almost 22% of them will have at least one natural 18 - meaning, 22% of characters have an 18, 53% of them have "only" a 16 or 17, and the remaining 25% have a high score of 15 or lower. Well, gee, if one in five characters will have an 18, then HalfOrc [b]does[/b] become marginally moreattractive, for a no-frills training-wheels barbarian. And that [b]still[/b] doesn't account for the range of stats that get rerolled even by Core PHB Rules. Thanee, what's the chance to roll a 13 or above? More importantly, what's the chance to roll a 12 or lower? Accounting for the "all modifiers add up to +0 or less" will be muchharder (my pitiful math-fu is NOT up to that task), but we [b]can[/b] eliminate the "no score 13 or higher" rolls, and see what's up THEN. [/QUOTE]

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