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<blockquote data-quote="Roman" data-source="post: 5069622" data-attributes="member: 1845">I use a rolling method to generate ability scores for characters, but it is very generous one. Players decide their race and class before rolling for ability scores. They then roll their ability scores in order, but are entitled to one switch. The actual rolling method is 3d6 drop the lowest adding 6 to the result. Players (who in my stable group are all female, except for me, but I run the game) are also entitled to chose whether gender will affect their ability scores or not, but they must reach a consensus among themselves on this one. Depending on game the same set of players has sometimes decided in favor and sometimes decided not to apply such modifiers (+1 Str, -1 Dex for males and +1 Dex, -1 Str for females). The above method produces high stats and provides a safety floor, but it allows for variability (and I like variability). If even one player, however, did roll low stats despite the method (total modifiers less than +3), I would allow ALL players to roll a second set of stats and chose the better one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Roman, post: 5069622, member: 1845"] I use a rolling method to generate ability scores for characters, but it is very generous one. Players decide their race and class before rolling for ability scores. They then roll their ability scores in order, but are entitled to one switch. The actual rolling method is 3d6 drop the lowest adding 6 to the result. Players (who in my stable group are all female, except for me, but I run the game) are also entitled to chose whether gender will affect their ability scores or not, but they must reach a consensus among themselves on this one. Depending on game the same set of players has sometimes decided in favor and sometimes decided not to apply such modifiers (+1 Str, -1 Dex for males and +1 Dex, -1 Str for females). The above method produces high stats and provides a safety floor, but it allows for variability (and I like variability). If even one player, however, did roll low stats despite the method (total modifiers less than +3), I would allow ALL players to roll a second set of stats and chose the better one. [/QUOTE]

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