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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2663156" data-attributes="member: 12332">Cheating is &quot;bad&quot;, but it's one of those things.An otherwise cool human being may be tempted to nudge the dice when he's rolling at home to whip up his Barbarian and gets 1 on the die for both 2nd and 3rd level.&nbsp; It could happen.If you may be in a situation where people you don't know that well will be joining the game, as well.&nbsp; I'd rather not my first impression of somebody be a lingering doubt as to why his PC has only 3hp less than maximum possible, and be eyeballing him all evening because of it.&nbsp; With standardized systems like point-buy and static HP, along with the gold value chart from the DMG and some rules about equipment purchases, I can comfortably let somebody into a game knowing they're going to be on average with the other characters in the game.&nbsp; Bob The New Dude doesn't show up with max HP and a Holy Longsword +1 because he &quot;rolled&quot; them at home (regardless of if he DID or not).&nbsp; There's no need to watch a player roll up a character, so all of that gets done on their time and we don't have to waste that time at the begining of the session.&nbsp; --fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2663156, member: 12332"] Cheating is "bad", but it's one of those things. An otherwise cool human being may be tempted to nudge the dice when he's rolling at home to whip up his Barbarian and gets 1 on the die for both 2nd and 3rd level. It could happen. If you may be in a situation where people you don't know that well will be joining the game, as well. I'd rather not my first impression of somebody be a lingering doubt as to why his PC has only 3hp less than maximum possible, and be eyeballing him all evening because of it. With standardized systems like point-buy and static HP, along with the gold value chart from the DMG and some rules about equipment purchases, I can comfortably let somebody into a game knowing they're going to be on average with the other characters in the game. Bob The New Dude doesn't show up with max HP and a Holy Longsword +1 because he "rolled" them at home (regardless of if he DID or not). There's no need to watch a player roll up a character, so all of that gets done on their time and we don't have to waste that time at the begining of the session. --fje [/QUOTE]

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