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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robberbaron" data-source="post: 3811168" data-attributes="member: 14771">OK, the impression I get from this thread is that rolling for stats is bad and point buy is good.I disagree. Point Buy is boring and seems to produce clones of the same character.Rolling dice is fun (by comparison, at least).When I started my current 3.5 game I went with point buy. Not because I liked it but because I had never tried it before and thought it might make backup characters quicker to produce if I had lots of character death.Should I have a TPK I shall re-start with rolled characters.Why? Because the players prefer it and, if they are happy, my job is easier.On the point of rolling and cheating: So what? I expect every group has someone who fudges dice rolls; sometimes it is the DM.If I suspect my players have been less than honest with their rolls (and it happens) I punish them with harder encounters. Bottom line for me: If everyone is having fun => win win.I have rolled characters with 2 18s and a few 17s/16s. I have also rolled plenty of 3s and 4s. Generally, however, my rolling produces both high and low. Luckily, most classes have a good dump stat.</blockquote>