Hussar
Legend
So instead it's more realistic that every man, woman and child in the world has 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8? Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
Why are you applying rules that are SPECIFICALLY for PC's to NPC's? The standard array is for making a PLAYER CHARACTER. That's why it's in the Player's Handbook. There is NOTHING in 5e to indicate that this is the baseline for anything other than PC's.
And, how am I wrong for 3e? ALL NPC's in 3e use straight 10's except for Elite opponents. In fact that's the baseline for creating EVERY SINGLE MONSTER in the game. The only reason an ogre has the strength it has is because of it's racial bonus to Strength.
Oops, I think the array is 3x11 and 3x10 is it not? Sorry, it's been a while. If that's the case, it doesn't really matter. EVERY single monster and NPC, other than the ones that the DM specifically stats out, has an IDENTICAL array.
So, no, I'm not wrong. 3e uses a flat baseline and 4e and 5e presume that NPC's aren't statted anyway since they don't need stats. You only stat stuff that is a potential threat to or ally of PC's, full stop. You can keep trying to cherry pick stuff from all the books, and I'll keep pointing you to the correct information.
You can only lead a horse to water I suppose.