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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 963181" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReI'll just give the honest reason why I don't like the current point buy system rather than arguing the benefits of either.32 points should not be the maximum point buy. Heck, in my bodybuilding magazine there is a guy with 195 IQ who can bench 500 lbs. Reggie Jackson had a 160 IQ while still being one of the best hitting and fielding baseball players of his time. Arnold Swartzennegger was extremely strong, intelligent and charismatic all at the same time. He was from his youth. Leonardo Davinci was a great athlete, inventor, painter and just all around great man of his time. I can go on and on about people who lack for very little. They have all around good genetics, always did.Basically what I am getting at, is that some real  people exceed the 32 point maximum for heroic characters given in the PHB. If 32 points is the maximum, I would rather take my chances rolling.At least if I roll, I have the chance of obtaining a genetically superior individual rather than having my character's genetics decided by the limit of the point buy system. I don't like this limitation, and I never have. It is too limiting and does not take into account people with extremely good genetics, which I feel the best adventuring stock would come from.Even in books like Lord of the Rings, the heroic characters come from the best genetic stock of the best genetic stock. Aragorn is the best man of his age from a race men that were blended with elf blood and superior to begin with, or so Tolkien wrote. Frodo is perceived as an extraordinary hobbit amongst his own kind for not only his bravery but his intelligence and spirit as well. Gimli is an extraordinarily charismatic dwarf while also being quite strong and sturdy. Boromir was the best warrior in Gondor not just because he was high level, but his physical and mental traits were superior as well. Heroes are heroes, and they don't always fit the 32 point buy certain folks proclaim should be the maximum nor should they always exceed or even equal that maximum. I honestly believe rolling better simulates the reality of genetics. Some people are born with poor genetics, some within a wide range of average, some with a few uniquely great genetic gifts, and some are all around gifted with astoundingly good genetics. Rolling gives a better chance of obtaining a group of characters with a varying genetic makeup that will even lead the players to choose concepts that fit those genetics or go against them to make a better story.</blockquote>

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