Help a gamer friend of mine with bad stat rolls.

[KenM]

One of my freinds is starting a 3.5 Dragonlance game. The DM is being very strict with stats: 3D6, you get what you get, placed in the order of the rolls. This is what my friend ended up with:
STR 11
DEX 13
CON 8
INT 13
WIS 6
CHA 8

If you were the DM, would you let him reroll like it says in the PH, or force him to live with it? If you got stuck with those stats, what would you do?

 

[Ilium]

What I would do as DM is irrelevant. I'm not the DM.

If stuck with those stats, I'm thinking dwarf rogue. That would at least drag your CON up to average, and the charisma penalty doesn't hurt too much (no social skills or UMD for you, so you can focus on trapfinding and sneaking around).

Of course I might instead just play an especially careless kender and hope to get whacked by the first ogre I try to pickpocket.

 

[Vorput]

STR 11
DEX 13
CON 8
INT 13
WIS 6
CHA 8

If you were the DM, would you let him reroll like it says in the PH, or force him to live with it? If you got stuck with those stats, what would you do?

Ilium makes a good point- if I were DM, players wouldn't be doing 3d6 down the middle in the first place.

Maybe swashbuckler (Complete warrior)? The int will give you a damage boost...

Or perhaps a halfling (erm Kender, I suppose... assuming they get a dex bonus) ranged attacker. 15 dex isn't bad... and the - to hp will be alright as long as you stay out of combat.

Or make a statement and play a cleric- a half-orc cleric.

 

[Crothian]

If I as DM set those rules for creating a character the player would be stuck with those stats.

With those stats I'd go halfing rogue. I'd go with ranged combat and stay out of danger.

 

[Vorput]

If I as DM set those rules for creating a character the player would be stuck with those stats.

Zen.

 

[Allandaros]

NOTE: No halflings in Froggylance! Just kender!

I'd say a tinker gnome. Accounts for the low CHA and WIS. I know 2nd Ed Dragonlance had special Tinker rules; I'm guessing/hoping 3.*e has the same.

 

[Sandain]

I would make a Barbarian and charge into every combat. Then i'd hopefully roll stats for a character concept i'd enjoy playing.

If you roll sucky stats, you don't enjoy playing, then you don't enjoy DnD. I feel your DM should use a low point buy rather than completely random (low) stats.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I don't know all too much about DL, but I'd go with a Wizard. Sure, the INT isn't great, but there's ways around that (levels, items), especially if your DM isn't a total pain (had to change that word ). You won't have to worry as much about low HP, and you'll be more effective at a range.

Rogue is, IMO, a poorer choice. With a WIS of 6, you'll need all the help in the Will department you can get. Wizard will give you that, Rogue won't. Also, while certainly not powerhouses, Rogues tend to get a little more "dirty" than Wizards, and hit points are definitely not a strong suit for this character. Besides that, ignoring CON altogether would let you pick a race that can up DEX, because for this character, it's more important to avoid hits than be able to take them. Finally, you're taking a hit on a good portion of the Rogue skill set, the CHA skills.

 

[Thaniel]

If you roll sucky stats, you don't enjoy playing, then you don't enjoy DnD.

I don't know if I quite agree with this. I once had a character with:
Str: 8
Dex: 6
Con: 15
Int: 15
Wis: 10
Cha: 6

By the book rules, I should have gotten a re-roll, but the DM said before I rolled that there were no re-rolls, so I was well aware of the consequences.

I ended up making a Psion (Shaper) (this was 3.0. Pre-ExPsiHB). That ended up being one of my favorite characters of all time.

 

[blargney the second]

I'd probably play a human rogue/psion. Sneak attack using ranged touch powers.