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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7211117" data-attributes="member: 6801845">We simply disagree.  In the last game we used point buy, my wife's rolls sucked.  Another gal's rolls were a statistical anomaly high.  Neither was happy with the character they were forced to play because the numbers for my wife did not allow her to build the hero she envisioned and the other gal was uncomfortable being so much more powerful out of the box.It's the difference between given two meals - half a bowl of runny cold gruel or a filet from a five star restaurant (or whatever else your heart desires).Stats and game rules don't define a character, but they do support the vision.Once again, I simply disagree.  Obviously there are always going to be constraints and limitations, that's part of the game.  But I don't see how someone can look at two sets of stats (multiple 18's  nothing lower than a 14 vs high of 14, a 10 multiple stats below 10) and say that the effective character options are the same.All I can tell you is that my wife and I have discussed this.  If the DM is dead set on roll 4d6 drop lowest no other option we would not join the game.  Of course we both DM so it's not like we'd be out of a game, just that that that particular game is not for us.  Life is too short and I have too many gaming opportunities to be forced to play a gimped character I don't want to play.No different than if I had insisted that everyone play a dwarf for my campaign.But thanks for the implication that if I don't want to play your way I'm somehow psychologically damaged.</blockquote>

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