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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 962796" data-attributes="member: 3854">And I find the variation from rolling to be too great. That is why I prefer point buy. It doesn't and can't hurt the point buy method. Point buy doesn't have anything to do with, or require secrecy among the players. It was just an odd statement: "My group tends to compare sheets frequently." My question as to why had nothing to do with point buy. Just wondering why players would actively and frequently compare each other's character sheets.The original comment by Psion insinuated that point buy allowed a specialist player to make the exact same character every time ("Greetings, I am Zeldon 4.") Making the statement as a negative side to point buy suggested that only rolling randomly could force that player to play something different. Sounded to me like it was considered a problem. If the situation is not a problem, then how does point buy enter into the equation?Just for the record, I didn't mean to sound all condescending [misspelled probably] by saying my experience. Just had to show I wasn't talking about 3 years of D&D3.By "overlapping" do you mean some shared traits? Or do you mean identical [identicle? I'm tired] characters? The first is sure to happen occasionally, just like occasionally you find two high dex, moderate str fighters in the same party. The second I've never seen.Wow. I've never seen it. But then again, some people have been struck numerous times by lightning, and I've never even had a near miss. <shrug>Just looking at all the variables in character generation, not even counting chosen personalities and backgrounds: dozens of variations of stat buys, 11 core classes, 7 core races, many varied weapons and armor, skills, feats, etc. The possibility of two characters being noticiably alike should be astronomically small. Unless of course the players are actively mimicing their characters on purpose.But then again, I have heard of a group who had two fighters with 18/00 (AD&D1) strength. But that never made me think 01-100 was too small a spread.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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