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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 821507" data-attributes="member: 381">As a dyed-in-the-wool user of random chargen, all I have to say is <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> There. I feel better now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Seriously, I don't understand the problem. Are you suggesting that every attack roll should be presumed to be 10 plus the character's attack bonus? After all, anything else is introducing randomness into the system-can't have that! Same with skills-after all, ultimately, either you can do something or you can't. Right?Some things in your system will be random, and some will not. I personally like random ability generation a lot-it makes for a lot more interesting variation in characters, and its a bit more like real life. Everyone has different levels of natural abilities, and life ain't 'fair' in handing them out. (Not everyone who is less intelligent than I is stronger or more charismatic to compensate.) I actually prefer the 'organic' method in the DMG, but I've never been able to sell it to a gaming group.For hit points, I'm a lot less sold on rolling. In my current game, I give the players a choice of rolling or taking half maximum when levelling up. I may well 86 hit point rolling altogether in the future ...</blockquote>

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