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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 1667834" data-attributes="member: 6939">I prefer rolling. I don't understand players whining about stats, they rolled them, they can live with it. If they are going to whine about stats, they will whine about everything else in the game...get ready for babysitting, or get rid of them.I am in a game, and one player rolled crazy good. Great for him, I get to be in a group with a powerful player, good for me. I can still be effective, and still have fun.  There is a bit too much 'cookie cutter' feel when we all have to start the same. Pick 3 of your friends that will get sent from earth to an 'alternate' world.  Do you really think you all have the 'same point buy'? Now, the one reason I might do point buy.... is a suggestion I saw on the Kenzerco.com boards. (Kalamar)  It was to give bonus points for picking or doing certain things. It allows you to tailor your campaign, while not forcing anyone to do anything. Lets say I wanted a human centric campaign, based in a certian area.25 pt buybonus points:2 for being human1 for being from Eldoboran region1 for being from a small town1 for writing a one page character history2 (total) for writing a 3 page history1 for listing 5 non-related npc's in your past1 for only using Core material1 for whatever else I can think of.....These are just examples, and may or may not fit into your campaign. But I love the idea.I may do both. Roll 3d6, and then augment them by 'buying' with the bonus points...hmmm.....</blockquote>

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