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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 1756003" data-attributes="member: 527">OK, I decided to run the figures myself for 4d6-L.&nbsp; It looks like you get a nice curve of some sort; it's pretty widely spread with the peak at 30.&nbsp; This is good, it matches stephenh's numbers.&nbsp; Here is the sweet spot of the probability curve:points&nbsp; probability20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.7%21&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.9%22&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.2%23&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.5%24&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.7%25&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.9%26&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.1%27&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.2%28&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.3%29&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.3%30&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.3%31&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.3%32&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.2%33&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.0%34&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.8%35&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.7%36&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.5%37&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.3%38&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.1%39&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.8%This sweet spot covers about 54% of the possible results, which puts it again in line with the existing 25/75 percentile numbers.&nbsp; The sweet spot and the non-point buy results cover 84% of the spectrum; the remaining 16% is pretty spread out.&nbsp; The lowest point buy I saw in 1,000,000 character generations was 1 (pity da foo) and the highest was 83 (wow).&nbsp; One interesting thing which hasn't yet been mentioned is that almost 30% of the overall results don't map to a valid point buy as they contain a stat below 8.&nbsp; So keep this in mind; if you run a six player campaign, you'll likely see two players with a pretty bad stat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 1756003, member: 527"] OK, I decided to run the figures myself for 4d6-L. It looks like you get a nice curve of some sort; it's pretty widely spread with the peak at 30. This is good, it matches stephenh's numbers. Here is the sweet spot of the probability curve: points probability 20 1.7% 21 1.9% 22 2.2% 23 2.5% 24 2.7% 25 2.9% 26 3.1% 27 3.2% 28 3.3% 29 3.3% 30 3.3% 31 3.3% 32 3.2% 33 3.0% 34 2.8% 35 2.7% 36 2.5% 37 2.3% 38 2.1% 39 1.8% This sweet spot covers about 54% of the possible results, which puts it again in line with the existing 25/75 percentile numbers. The sweet spot and the non-point buy results cover 84% of the spectrum; the remaining 16% is pretty spread out. The lowest point buy I saw in 1,000,000 character generations was 1 (pity da foo) and the highest was 83 (wow). One interesting thing which hasn't yet been mentioned is that almost 30% of the overall results don't map to a valid point buy as they contain a stat below 8. So keep this in mind; if you run a six player campaign, you'll likely see two players with a pretty bad stat. [/QUOTE]

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