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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9228880" data-attributes="member: 7035894">At no point does the game state that "the default method is rolling," now do I recall a designer stating this, though if there is evidence to the contrary, I would welcome it. It seems to be an assumption that a few people on this forum have made based on their own preferences and because it is mentioned first in the PHB.Rolling does, in fact, produce an average result, and this is the total that is used to produce the standard array and the point buy system. You can check the math yourself.My evidence that point buy is the most popular method for character generation comes from WotC, who have revealed that according to their data it is: 1) point buy, 2) rolling 3) standard array.I don't understand your final point; there is no method of rolling 3d6 that produces a total higher than 18; you could get to 20 with the right species choice. Your speculation as to WotC's motivation is interesting.</blockquote>