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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8045344" data-attributes="member: 29398">So let me get this right: in D&D this system would have the pre-point-purchase values vary by creature, so while Humans start at 8-8-8-8-8-8 an Orc might start at 10-6-8-8-10-6 (note those are in the proper order: St, In, Wi, Dx, Co, Ch <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) - is that right?And it'd cost the same number of points to jump the Orc's Charisma up to 10 as it would its Strength up to 14?If yes, this works for point-buy.  But it doesn't work for either of standard array or rolling: as numbers in those systems can be rearranged there still needs to be a flat by-stat bonus-penalty of some sort such that no matter what you put into, say, Charisma for an Orc it's going to take a hit.</blockquote>