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<blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 4638023" data-attributes="member: 17262">For me, it really, really, depends on the game system.&nbsp; If I am playing D&amp;D, in any incarnation, I expect to roll for attributes and hit points.&nbsp; Random rolls are required for Traveller, Gamma World, Villains and Vigilantes, and games of a similar age.&nbsp; If I am playing GURPS, or Hero System, then buying everything is required. For Silver Age Sentinels it looks like I will be doing a point buy method.&nbsp; For all of the games I have mentioned the preferred system is the one the game is originally designed to use.&nbsp; Sure, D&amp;D has been retrofitted to use a point buy system, but I think it is a flawed implementation. GURPS characters can, believe it or not, be generated randomly, but again, it is an imperfect match.I think the whole &quot;game balance&quot; bugaboo with character creation is full of sounds and fury, signifying nothing important.&nbsp; Maybe I am just a grumpy old man, but for me D&amp;D characters are made with dice, not a calculator.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sjmiller, post: 4638023, member: 17262"] For me, it really, really, depends on the game system. If I am playing D&D, in any incarnation, I expect to roll for attributes and hit points. Random rolls are required for Traveller, Gamma World, Villains and Vigilantes, and games of a similar age. If I am playing GURPS, or Hero System, then buying everything is required. For Silver Age Sentinels it looks like I will be doing a point buy method. For all of the games I have mentioned the preferred system is the one the game is originally designed to use. Sure, D&D has been retrofitted to use a point buy system, but I think it is a flawed implementation. GURPS characters can, believe it or not, be generated randomly, but again, it is an imperfect match. I think the whole "game balance" bugaboo with character creation is full of sounds and fury, signifying nothing important. Maybe I am just a grumpy old man, but for me D&D characters are made with dice, not a calculator. [/QUOTE]

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