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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 963689" data-attributes="member: 3424">I like point-buy myself.&nbsp; It has the following advantages:1. All characters start on the same baseline, so there is a certain amount of &quot;equality&quot;.2. The DM can better gauge the power level of his campaign.&nbsp; 36-point buy characters are much more effective than 25-point buy characters, especially at the lower levels.On the other hand, I can see the advantages of rolling characters:1. Less min-maxing.&nbsp; Sometimes, you have to play with characters that are not optimal.2. Possibility of characters that &quot;break the mold&quot; - wizards with higher Strength than Intelligence, Fighters with low Constitution, etc.How about this variant method to get characters that are partly determined and partly random:1. 17 point-buy for 4 statistics (player's choice).2. Roll 4d6 (drop lowest) 2 times and assign as desired to the remaining 2.For greater or lesser customizability, the DM (or the player) can decide to increase or decrease the point-buy by 4 points to roll one less or more 4d6.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 963689, member: 3424"] I like point-buy myself. It has the following advantages: 1. All characters start on the same baseline, so there is a certain amount of "equality". 2. The DM can better gauge the power level of his campaign. 36-point buy characters are much more effective than 25-point buy characters, especially at the lower levels. On the other hand, I can see the advantages of rolling characters: 1. Less min-maxing. Sometimes, you have to play with characters that are not optimal. 2. Possibility of characters that "break the mold" - wizards with higher Strength than Intelligence, Fighters with low Constitution, etc. How about this variant method to get characters that are partly determined and partly random: 1. 17 point-buy for 4 statistics (player's choice). 2. Roll 4d6 (drop lowest) 2 times and assign as desired to the remaining 2. For greater or lesser customizability, the DM (or the player) can decide to increase or decrease the point-buy by 4 points to roll one less or more 4d6. [/QUOTE]

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