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<blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 1675348" data-attributes="member: 21833">Point Buy.&nbsp; Always point buy.&nbsp; The very first D&amp;D game I ever played I rolled nothing lower than a 14, whilst one other player got nothing higher than 15.&nbsp; Someone else missed out on the &quot;Useless&quot; rule by 1 point.&nbsp; I've seen other games like that, and quite frankly it creates dissatisfaction.&nbsp; It is not a case of &quot;ooooh, someone call a Whaaambulance&quot;, its just a fact that having sucky stats forces your character into the back seat.&nbsp; And no-one likes being the Zeppo of the party!Point buy, while it does take some of the excitement out of it, makes things clean and easy, and only a fool or a pink ninja will end up in the back seat.&nbsp; It also means I don't need to be present for character gen.&nbsp; I play with 30 points (I know that's a weird number.&nbsp; So sue me) but also give the option of 4k3 with a floater (one set can be rerolled) and an raised useless threshold.&nbsp; All my players bar 1 took the point buy, and the one who took the roll was going half-orc paladin, and wanted the prospect of a high set.&nbsp; That's his choice.Oh, and the earlier comment from someone that if they complain about their stats they'll complain about anything shows nothing more than YAGD (You're All Gonna Die!) GM tendencies.&nbsp; I think it was said best here.&nbsp; Bad attack roll?&nbsp; Better luck next round.&nbsp; Bad stat array?&nbsp; Better luck next character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Testament, post: 1675348, member: 21833"] Point Buy. Always point buy. The very first D&D game I ever played I rolled nothing lower than a 14, whilst one other player got nothing higher than 15. Someone else missed out on the "Useless" rule by 1 point. I've seen other games like that, and quite frankly it creates dissatisfaction. It is not a case of "ooooh, someone call a Whaaambulance", its just a fact that having sucky stats forces your character into the back seat. And no-one likes being the Zeppo of the party! Point buy, while it does take some of the excitement out of it, makes things clean and easy, and only a fool or a pink ninja will end up in the back seat. It also means I don't need to be present for character gen. I play with 30 points (I know that's a weird number. So sue me) but also give the option of 4k3 with a floater (one set can be rerolled) and an raised useless threshold. All my players bar 1 took the point buy, and the one who took the roll was going half-orc paladin, and wanted the prospect of a high set. That's his choice. Oh, and the earlier comment from someone that if they complain about their stats they'll complain about anything shows nothing more than YAGD (You're All Gonna Die!) GM tendencies. I think it was said best here. Bad attack roll? Better luck next round. Bad stat array? Better luck next character. [/QUOTE]

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