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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8657618" data-attributes="member: 6877472">With 5e, as long as the stat variance isn't too extreme, it doesn't matter much. Like if one guy has all 15's and another guy has all 17's, it's not a big deal.I grew up with rolling as the default, and while I know it has issues, no other system is perfect either- some classes are designed wanting more good ability scores than others.&nbsp; And while 5e does use all 6 ability scores as saves, some are uncommon saves, or have less of an impact when you fail them.So you'll see with point buy things like Wizards who are giant brains on legs with noodles for arms and they're fine, but then Monks who keep frowning at their stats because they can't just burn a spell slot for +1 leather armor and are expected to actually enter melee.So what I generally do is, I use whatever method the group wants.&nbsp; If it's point buy, I give out more points than standard, because they won't matter much for the classes that have less stat requirements, and it's a godsend to those that do.If we're rolling and someone has a 15 and someone else has a 18, then I'll note that, at some point, that weaker character needs a boon or one of those &quot;make my stat a 19&quot; items at some point.&nbsp; I have no problems offering players bennies for keeping a detailed campaign journal or writing a lengthy background (I usually turn in 6 pages for my own characters, lol, and do research into the setting to have a lore friendly character, because I'm a nerd like that), or even drawing fanart of characters or maps and such.Because at the end of the day, even if somehow, magically, everyone ends up with all 12's or all 18's, it's not super hard to adjust the numbers.Or be careful when selecting monsters, since two creatures of the same CR can have very different bonuses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8657618, member: 6877472"] With 5e, as long as the stat variance isn't too extreme, it doesn't matter much. Like if one guy has all 15's and another guy has all 17's, it's not a big deal. I grew up with rolling as the default, and while I know it has issues, no other system is perfect either- some classes are designed wanting more good ability scores than others. And while 5e does use all 6 ability scores as saves, some are uncommon saves, or have less of an impact when you fail them. So you'll see with point buy things like Wizards who are giant brains on legs with noodles for arms and they're fine, but then Monks who keep frowning at their stats because they can't just burn a spell slot for +1 leather armor and are expected to actually enter melee. So what I generally do is, I use whatever method the group wants. If it's point buy, I give out more points than standard, because they won't matter much for the classes that have less stat requirements, and it's a godsend to those that do. If we're rolling and someone has a 15 and someone else has a 18, then I'll note that, at some point, that weaker character needs a boon or one of those "make my stat a 19" items at some point. I have no problems offering players bennies for keeping a detailed campaign journal or writing a lengthy background (I usually turn in 6 pages for my own characters, lol, and do research into the setting to have a lore friendly character, because I'm a nerd like that), or even drawing fanart of characters or maps and such. Because at the end of the day, even if somehow, magically, everyone ends up with all 12's or all 18's, it's not super hard to adjust the numbers. Or be careful when selecting monsters, since two creatures of the same CR can have very different bonuses. [/QUOTE]

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