D&D 5E Point buy vs roll

[Maxperson]

Stat Draft.

That looked fun and I don't think I would mind it in someone else's game.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

I've seen very very few games that used rolled stats, and most of those were one-shots.

All the games that I'm in are point buy. My own games use an increased point buy and no ASIs.

Does this mean every character gets those as feats, or are the ASIs just deleted from class entries?

 

[DeviousQuail]

My group has pretty much only used point buy in our 5e games. Sometimes we reconfigure the point buy (more points, wider range of scores, feat buying) but the basis has always been a point buy.

I threw out the idea of rolling stats for our upcoming campaign but was ultimately shot down. I will say that a stat draft would be amazing to try out.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

My group enjoys rolling for stats.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

I just learned of the 'Holy Grail' method. I will be using it in my next game.

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

Does this mean every character gets those as feats, or are the ASIs just deleted from class entries?

Ah. No racial ASIs for generating ability scores.

I don't see the point in floating ASIs, so I just removed them, allowed point buy to go to 16, and increased the points available.

 

[Oofta]

I've used some variation of point buy (or "adjusted" rolls) before there was a point buy. I've seen dramatic differences in results and just don't see the point.

Why have PCs start out on unequal footing?

 

[jmartkdr2]

Preference is point buy, especially if I'm dming. But I'll deal with rolling if that's what people want.

 

[DND_Reborn]

We use point-buy, standard array, or roll d8+7 seven times, drop lowest. This allows for random rolling while keeping the same range (8 - 15) that the other methods have.

 

[aco175]

Another that chose 'other' since I tend to use standard array.