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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7221600" data-attributes="member: 996">Why stop now:&nbsp; /Is/ it really so amazing? Not after 15 years, no.&nbsp; You'll get used to it.Also:&nbsp; what is it with all the 'Captains?'&nbsp;&nbsp; Did a lot of lieutenants get promoted recently?&nbsp; Have a lot of new ships been launched?&nbsp; ;P&nbsp;Balanced, yes, equal, no.&nbsp; A 16 STR fighter is in no way 'equal' to a 16 INT wizard, even if they're stats have the same point-buy value.&nbsp;If the PCs are drawn from the upper percentiles of a hypothetically randomly distributed population, they'll all be exceptional.&nbsp; Whether you model that with a weighted random method, an array, or a buy system doesn't really matter to the verisimilitude of the world, as long as the total population is still consistent with a plausible distribution. &nbsp;Funny coincidence, a number of years back, our Dwarf fighter - Barg - got separated from the rest of the party by a one-way-door style trap, and solo'd the next encounter for several rounds while we got the damn thing open.&nbsp; And, I think he may have been around 4th level at the time (maybe 6th?&nbsp; IDK, I can't remember what spells I used in that fight, other than Color Spray, which isn't much of a clue to our level at the time...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7221600, member: 996"] Why stop now: /Is/ it really so amazing? Not after 15 years, no. You'll get used to it. Also: what is it with all the 'Captains?' Did a lot of lieutenants get promoted recently? Have a lot of new ships been launched? ;P Balanced, yes, equal, no. A 16 STR fighter is in no way 'equal' to a 16 INT wizard, even if they're stats have the same point-buy value. If the PCs are drawn from the upper percentiles of a hypothetically randomly distributed population, they'll all be exceptional. Whether you model that with a weighted random method, an array, or a buy system doesn't really matter to the verisimilitude of the world, as long as the total population is still consistent with a plausible distribution. Funny coincidence, a number of years back, our Dwarf fighter - Barg - got separated from the rest of the party by a one-way-door style trap, and solo'd the next encounter for several rounds while we got the damn thing open. And, I think he may have been around 4th level at the time (maybe 6th? IDK, I can't remember what spells I used in that fight, other than Color Spray, which isn't much of a clue to our level at the time...) [/QUOTE]

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