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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7270307" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>I agree. You didn't pick the numbers that result from rolling. The whim of fortune picked them for you. Likewise, however, you didn't pick the numbers that make up the standard array or any of the other 64 arrays that can result from a point-buy of 27 points. The character's karma dictated that those were the available arrays. With different karma, a character could have a different standard array or a different number of points, but barring a houserule, you don't get to decide what the character's karma is. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You don't have to choose one of them. If your table uses point-buy, you could list all possible arrays and roll a d65, taking the array that corresponds to the number you rolled. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That doesn't establish intent. You can only infer the authors' intent from what they wrote, and what they wrote amounts to, "You can roll, but what method you use is up to you." If they intended to write something else, they need to issue an erratum.</p><p></p><p>edit: Also, the intent you're ascribing to the authors isn't compatible with what they've written regarding the average scores of normal humans. If they intended to write what you think they did, they not only failed to write it, but also wrote things that contradict it directly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 7270307, member: 6787503"] I agree. You didn't pick the numbers that result from rolling. The whim of fortune picked them for you. Likewise, however, you didn't pick the numbers that make up the standard array or any of the other 64 arrays that can result from a point-buy of 27 points. The character's karma dictated that those were the available arrays. With different karma, a character could have a different standard array or a different number of points, but barring a houserule, you don't get to decide what the character's karma is. You don't have to choose one of them. If your table uses point-buy, you could list all possible arrays and roll a d65, taking the array that corresponds to the number you rolled. That doesn't establish intent. You can only infer the authors' intent from what they wrote, and what they wrote amounts to, "You can roll, but what method you use is up to you." If they intended to write something else, they need to issue an erratum. edit: Also, the intent you're ascribing to the authors isn't compatible with what they've written regarding the average scores of normal humans. If they intended to write what you think they did, they not only failed to write it, but also wrote things that contradict it directly. [/QUOTE]
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