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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7260061" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Did you know that trains tracks are the size they are because of the Romans?&nbsp; That the width was based on ruts in the roads that were rutted because they roads were originally built by the Romans?&nbsp; Except ... it's not true according to <a href="https://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp" target="_blank">snopes</a>.&nbsp; Whether ability scores for commoners were ever determined using 3d6 is also possibly a myth and not particularly relevant.The scale chosen for ability scores in D&amp;D may have been based on 3d6 (or 4d6 or 20d6 pick best 3).&nbsp; It's still irrelevant because it tells us nothing about what the distribution should be to accurately reflect realistic values.Do you really think that it makes sense that every hamlet of 216 people has a village idiot who is as mentally handicapped as it is possible to be?&nbsp; That in the same village has someone that is as intelligent as humanly possible?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7260061, member: 6801845"] Did you know that trains tracks are the size they are because of the Romans? That the width was based on ruts in the roads that were rutted because they roads were originally built by the Romans? Except ... it's not true according to [URL="https://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp"]snopes[/URL]. Whether ability scores for commoners were ever determined using 3d6 is also possibly a myth and not particularly relevant. The scale chosen for ability scores in D&D may have been based on 3d6 (or 4d6 or 20d6 pick best 3). It's still irrelevant because it tells us nothing about what the distribution should be to accurately reflect realistic values. Do you really think that it makes sense that every hamlet of 216 people has a village idiot who is as mentally handicapped as it is possible to be? That in the same village has someone that is as intelligent as humanly possible? [/QUOTE]

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