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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7265091" data-attributes="member: 6796241">So, a bit of nuance here, I'd agree that players shouldn't be relegated to sidekick status, but I'd argue that has more to do with the players and the DM herself than the stats.  A spotlight hog will find ways to hog spotlight regardless of what is on their sheet.Secondly, I certainly get that rolling isn't for everyone, I'm just trying to understand why it isn't an option some people like.  Is it just purely aesthetic, similar to "I don't like playing Paladins" or is it more connected to the fundamentals of what people enjoy about playing the game.  My sense from the passion expressed in this thread, is that it is something fundamental to the play experience, but since I enjoy both ways, I have a blind spot as to why someone absolutely wouldn't enjoy one way or the other.Agree completely that the game is better for having the option!  Perhaps a few anti-Random posters have overly influenced my perception of the sentiment of the pro-PointBuy group.  I do know that I've seen posts that specifically call Random character generation and the results it produces bad for the game and unfair.  Certainly didn't mean to lump all pro-PointBuyers into that group.Very curious as to why your feel your group has less fun when you have unbalanced characters.  Again, for my group the choice isn't about better or worse, but about what kind of feel we want, similar to a dozen other choices we make when starting a game.</blockquote>

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