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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spinachcat" data-source="post: 3946376" data-attributes="member: 37588">I much prefer rolling characters - the results create more more roleplay surprises.   I always loved the crew rolling 3D6 down the line and then wondering, who the heck am I going to be?  That was always terrific fun and produced our most memorable characters.   But this is before the days of the Game Balance Nazis.Point buy characters are always dull and one-dimensional.   Wow, another wizard with a 18 INT and 8 STR?  Really, how surprising.  Amazing, another table full of CHA 8 heroes.  However, point buy is the best option if you are playing online or RPGA or other situation where group chargen with the DM would not be possible so I see why they would promote it considering how much point buy systems are used in video games.</blockquote>