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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7810254" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Well, it gets a bit tricky because the cards method is without replacement. However, as I pointed out, since there are no prerequisites for ability scores for classes, any method works just as well as another.Your card method doesn't favor Paladins over using 4d6k3 or point-buy. Point-buy, for instance, will generate a total of 69 to 75 points for ability scores as where the cards method is 63. Being so much lower means you are less likely to have &quot;viable&quot; (whatever than means for you, me, whoever?) ability scores to play a Paladin, for instance.Since 4d6k3 is arrange to taste, as is point-buy, you can put your best numbers where you want to make your character good where they &quot;need&quot; to be. The chart shows the probabiliy distribution for both 4d6k3 and cards. You can see the peaks for 4d6k3 is higher, as expected.[ATTACH=full]114061[/ATTACH]Ultimately, the truth is like you say, if someone has a burning desire to play a particular class, the other methods will guarantee it. With the cards method, you play the hand you were dealt. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7810254, member: 6987520"] Well, it gets a bit tricky because the cards method is without replacement. However, as I pointed out, since there are no prerequisites for ability scores for classes, any method works just as well as another. Your card method doesn't favor Paladins over using 4d6k3 or point-buy. Point-buy, for instance, will generate a total of 69 to 75 points for ability scores as where the cards method is 63. Being so much lower means you are less likely to have "viable" (whatever than means for you, me, whoever?) ability scores to play a Paladin, for instance. Since 4d6k3 is arrange to taste, as is point-buy, you can put your best numbers where you want to make your character good where they "need" to be. The chart shows the probabiliy distribution for both 4d6k3 and cards. You can see the peaks for 4d6k3 is higher, as expected. [ATTACH type="full"]114061[/ATTACH] Ultimately, the truth is like you say, if someone has a burning desire to play a particular class, the other methods will guarantee it. With the cards method, you play the hand you were dealt. ;) [/QUOTE]

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