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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 6882672" data-attributes="member: 12377">Traditionally, I've always said, &quot;Pick whatever ability scores you want, I don't care. If you really feel like having multiple 18's would be fun for you, or you desperately want every score to be 12+, then go for it.&quot;But for 5E I've been experimenting a bit.For my last campaign, we did 3d6-place-as-you-wish, with a twist:Everybody sums their scores. Each player who didn't get the highest total subtracts their total from the highest and then distributes that many points among their own scores. This way everyone has an equal total of ability scores, despite the random rolling....This plan backfired when one player rolled 17, 17, 16, 16, 14, 14, and everybody else got to raise their scores to that superhuman level.For my next campaign, I'm considering:Roll 3d6 in order (re-roll if your highest score isn't 12+ or your total isn't 60+), then add +1, +2, +3, +4 to any scores of your choice (max 18).That seems like a good balance of random abilities and player control.It still allows some characters to be more powerful than others but probably not too extreme.In such a campaign I'd also have players roll for hit dice after 1st level, for more of that old-school feel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 6882672, member: 12377"] Traditionally, I've always said, "Pick whatever ability scores you want, I don't care. If you really feel like having multiple 18's would be fun for you, or you desperately want every score to be 12+, then go for it." But for 5E I've been experimenting a bit. For my last campaign, we did 3d6-place-as-you-wish, with a twist: Everybody sums their scores. Each player who didn't get the highest total subtracts their total from the highest and then distributes that many points among their own scores. This way everyone has an equal total of ability scores, despite the random rolling. ...This plan backfired when one player rolled 17, 17, 16, 16, 14, 14, and everybody else got to raise their scores to that superhuman level. For my next campaign, I'm considering: Roll 3d6 [I]in order[/I] (re-roll if your highest score isn't 12+ or your total isn't 60+), then add +1, +2, +3, +4 to any scores of your choice (max 18). That seems like a good balance of random abilities and player control. It still allows some characters to be more powerful than others but probably not too extreme. In such a campaign I'd also have players roll for hit dice after 1st level, for more of that old-school feel. [/QUOTE]

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