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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9191162" data-attributes="member: 59816">Not a better chance, no - another chance is what they get. Meanwhile, the player who rolled a minimally acceptable character keeps it. I've never suggested that that player complains about it. They could play it. I've just pointed out that it is NOT equal when the one who rerolls winds up with a better character. It doesn't really matter that they could conceivably wind up with another low-scored character (and very probably reroll again) or if they could roll another average character. I understand what you mean with the math. That's not the issue. The issue is that they'll generally keep rolling until the MEET OR BEAT the player who rolled &quot;basic acceptable&quot; the first time. It's obviously different if you only allow one reroll and you take the second character (though the problem still exists when that roll happens to be high). The math isn't the issue. What actually happens is.I don't know what to tell you, if you can't see how it works out inequitably in practice. But perhaps you should not take it so personally - I wasn't in any way attacking you or your approach. You can do whatever you like. I was simply saying why I don't like it.The point of this thread, IS after all, about discussing rolling vs not rolling. I would assume that it is a safe place to do so. You can disagree if you like, but I'm not attacking you, so I'd appreciate the same in return.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9191162, member: 59816"] Not a [I]better[/I] chance, no - [I]another[/I] chance is what they get. Meanwhile, the player who rolled a minimally acceptable character keeps it. I've never suggested that that player complains about it. They could play it. I've just pointed out that it is NOT equal when the one who rerolls winds up with a better character. It doesn't really matter that they could conceivably wind up with another low-scored character (and very probably reroll again) or if they could roll another average character. I understand what you mean with the math. That's not the issue. The issue is that they'll generally keep rolling until the MEET OR BEAT the player who rolled "basic acceptable" the first time. It's obviously different if you only allow one reroll and you take the second character (though the problem still exists when that roll happens to be high). The math isn't the issue. What actually happens is. I don't know what to tell you, if you can't see how it works out inequitably in practice. But perhaps you should not take it so personally - I wasn't in any way attacking you or your approach. You can do whatever you like. I was simply saying why [I]I don't like it[/I]. The point of this thread, IS after all, about discussing rolling vs not rolling. I would assume that it is a safe place to do so. You can disagree if you like, but I'm not attacking you, so I'd appreciate the same in return. [/QUOTE]

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