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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 2919397" data-attributes="member: 7533">Yup...  I've got a spread sheet around here somewhere that pumps out two dozen 4d6 drop the lowest six times ability sets at a time.  It calculates the ability bonuses, ability totals for each set, ability point costs and ability point totals.In the past, I've used it to quickly generate a couple dozen ability sets, print them out, cut them out, weed out the crummy ones (low bonus totals or point totals), and have the players draw out of a hat.Sure...  somtimes it's not fair.  But a lot of people say point buy isn't fair either, since it charges so steeply for the high scores.  Consider...A 36 point point buy can make:14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14 for a total bonus of +12.But...18, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 only has a total bonus of +9.And...18, 16, 10, 10, 10, 10 only has a total bonus of +7.And...18, 18, 10, 10, 8, 8 has a total bonus of +6.Is that really any more fair?It all depends on how you define fair.And though they certainly don't hurt, there's a lot more to making a useful character than just good ability scores.</blockquote>