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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7252284" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Really?&nbsp; All the problems go away?&nbsp; Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&amp;D where we all rolled in front of each other and one person had a couple of 18s and nothing lower than a 14 while another person had a single 14, a 12 and the rest of the numbers of 10 or below.&nbsp; It is statistically unlikely.Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&amp;D where both the person who rolled super high (who eventually committed suicide by goblin) and the person (not me) who rolled low weren't happy with the result.Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&amp;D where the person who rolled low had asked to use point buy before and after the roll only to have the DM laugh and say &quot;Nah, you rolled it you play it&quot;.Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&amp;D who wrote a program that shows that there's roughly a 25% difference in effectiveness of a character built with the average high ability scores and the average low ability scores.I know I'm not the only person in the history of D&amp;D who prefers point buy for a variety of reasons and doesn't think &quot;all the problems go away&quot; if you roll together.If you like rolling and everyone in your group agrees, that's fine.&nbsp; But assuming that what works for you is &quot;better&quot; or &quot;solves all problems&quot; smacks of one-true-way-ism and is condescending.EDIT: should I capitalize some things to show that my opinion is somehow more valid because I know how to use cap locks?&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm&nbsp; &nbsp; :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7252284, member: 6801845"] Really? All the problems go away? Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&D where we all rolled in front of each other and one person had a couple of 18s and nothing lower than a 14 while another person had a single 14, a 12 and the rest of the numbers of 10 or below. It [I]is[/I] statistically unlikely. Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&D where both the person who rolled super high (who eventually committed suicide by goblin) and the person (not me) who rolled low weren't happy with the result. Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&D where the person who rolled low had asked to use point buy before and after the roll only to have the DM laugh and say "Nah, you rolled it you play it". Maybe I'm the only one in the history of D&D who wrote a program that shows that there's roughly a 25% difference in effectiveness of a character built with the average high ability scores and the average low ability scores. I [I]know[/I] I'm not the only person in the history of D&D who prefers point buy for a variety of reasons and doesn't think "all the problems go away" if you roll together. If you like rolling and everyone in your group agrees, that's fine. But assuming that what works for you is "better" or "solves all problems" smacks of one-true-way-ism and is condescending. [I]EDIT: should I capitalize some things to show that my opinion is somehow more valid because I know how to use cap locks? [/I]:hmm: [/QUOTE]

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