D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?

[Charlaquin]

Yes, this is my understanding of most people who want to roll stats. They just want to roll, for no discernible reason, but they do not actually want randomness.

No random, only roll!

Not really my business. If that’s how they like to play, more power to them.

 

[Cadence]

Then why this charade? Just let the players to assign whatever scores they want. That is what you're effectively doing, so no point in wasting time and pretending that it is random.

My favorite VtM storyteller did that. You can give your human whatever stats you want...

... and whatever embraces you will balance it out (in terms of generation and support and the like).

 

[djotaku]

Fixed array. Lots of stuff I leave to luck, but character is not one.

 

[tetrasodium]

5 players plus 1 gm with a laptop running the tabletop vtt tvbox. The players had no idea what the method was. Everyone tolled one d6 in clockwise order. I plugged the results into Excel in nonlinear order and everyone used the same array

 

[cbwjm]

I've just started running Dolmenwood so it uses the old 3d6 down the line, trade 2 ability points to bump up a prime requisite by 1. I also added in a rule from worlds without number, before making adjustments, you can replace one score with a 13.

They have rules for when you can scrap your character and roll again, I can't quite recall them but I think it's something like all stats under 8 or 3 stats under 6 then reroll.