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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7222606" data-attributes="member: 29398">That a high-low variance in stats will make a difference between two characters (Harry and Larry, say) who are otherwise the same (race, class, skills, feats, h.p.-per-level, etc.) and who are doing what they do in isolation cannot be disputed.  Hell, I heard somewhere that a bored programmer came up with the numbers in one afternoon to prove it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />BUT: how much if any of that difference stands up over the long term when these two characters are operating in a larger party - and this can happen in a few* ways - can realistically never be proven.  There's so many variables it'd be like trying to model the weather.  The problem is, it's this we're trying to discuss; as a party of only two characters is (IME at least) extremely rare: what are each of Harry Histat and Larry Lowstat's long-term survival chances and how much difference is there between these results.* - such as:- there are two parties that are exactly the same and who do exactly the same things.  Harry is in one, Larry in the other- Harry and Larry are working together in the same single party with a reasonable mix and spread of other level-appropriate characters (the 'classic' example of high-low stat characters in the same party)- Harry and Larry are in two different parties - let's say both are level-appropriate - each of which is also randomized as to number of other characters along with which races, classes, and stat-strata [EDIT - and levels] are represented- Harry and Larry are themselves the entire party.Lanefan</blockquote>

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