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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lakesidefantasy" data-source="post: 9835928" data-attributes="member: 6682043">In the end, I think the Point Buy method is balanced. It seems to me that the team who put together Dungeons and Dragons 5e did the math and put some thought into it. They balanced the Point Buy method against the Standard method.The rules for generating ability scores on page 13 give us as Players, two options; the Standard method and, "If you...don't like the idea of randomly determining ability scores," the Standard Array.°I was surprised when Fifth Edition came out. I was anxious and I immediately turned to the page on generating ability scores when I first got the book. At that time in 2014, Fight Club was raging, and it certainly seemed that they might remove the Standard method from the game, or make it a mere alternative method.However, no, they didn't. Instead they adjusted the point buy scale so that we payed a price for the control offered by the Point Buy method: a limited range from 8 to 15. This is the balance. Previous to 5e the Point Buy method allowed you to buy all the way up to 18, which made it superior to The Standard method because we didn't have to sacrifice anything to get that control. In my opinion Dungeons and Dragons 5e got it right.° I take it a step further and offer the Point Buy method as well, but I also ask that Players just give the Standard method a shot. If they don't like what they rolled, they can use one of the other methods. I also offer my Dice Point method but they might have to commit to that one.</blockquote>

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