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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Locien" data-source="post: 5555569" data-attributes="member: 6671361"><p>Now, are we talking talent, potential, or skill? A level one character isn't too much more skilled conceptually from a normal person-most people could do level one in a number of classes. However, depending on the system your character's abilities could limit the character's growth; some people may not care for anything below low level, but that's really just abdicating from the discussion. Most people can do something well, but those people have talent for the task; it could be over in the form of natural aptitude, or subtle in the form of bring able to grow into the ability; however that talent has to be there, and all too often talent in DnD is abilities. A 13-int character won't make for a very good wizard, and making the claim "it makes me play more cautiously" won't make up for an underpowered character, which is fine if you don't expect them to have to really succeed at any particularly difficult task. It seems like the view that most people have is that your average human is literally all around average-they're all over the place in terms of ability. In all honesty, the average hum seems more capable than some of the characters some of the more low score generating random methods here seem to suggest.</p></blockquote><p></p>