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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 962826" data-attributes="member: 3146">Point buy. (And I hope to never go back). When I'm running games these days, I like to have a point buy between 25 and 32 points. I tried 36 points at one time but the result was characters who performed about one level above their actual level.The frustration with rolling for basic character abilities was that you always ran the risk of getting really boring stats that couldn't create a character you actually wanted to play (I remember thinking that, back in the days of 2e, a Cavalier kit paladin would be a great class to play--however it was nearly impossible to roll one up; IIRC you needed a 17, a couple 15s and 16s, and couldn't have anything below a 13--3e is a lot more flexible but the rolls still dictate what characters are available to you--a character with a single 18 and nothing higher than a 13 can be strong, tough, or smart, for instance, but can't have more than one of those qualities) or (either you or someone else) rolling an incredible set of stats that enable the character to do everything better than everyone else.Point buy lets people play characters they want to play and puts everyone on a level playing field WRT stats.</blockquote>