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Message: <blockquote data-quote="abirdcall" data-source="post: 6518920" data-attributes="member: 6748898">I am just cautioning you that you should be sure to let the player know exactly what they are getting into when they choose this option. They may end up with awesome stats, or they could have some 3s and 4s and as high as a 10 or 12. I'm not saying your option is bad, it's fun to gamble. Sometimes it is hard to imagine just what losing actually entails (which is part of why gambling is such a problem for some people).The player being able to choose to either roll or take half the die value rounded up is already part of the rules. I'm not saying you should give a perk to people taking point buy. I'm saying maybe you should take away that perk to people who don't? It's thematic too. If you roll for stats you roll for hit points. If you don't roll for stats you get to take the superior option of not rolling for hit points (and end up with more hit points on average).Do you normally houserule that players have to roll their hit points each level? Maybe that is where the confusion is coming from.</blockquote>