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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 1452770" data-attributes="member: 6398">Alright, see, you seem a tad confused.  All anyone has said is that if you are going to use dice, than it is inevitable that some times you get low stats across the board and that some times you get high stats across the board.  And, as a result, you will get characters that are naturally more powerful than others at lower levels and, with more viable options available, potentially more powerful than others at higher levels. If the GM creates a system where every PC gets a stat between 15 and 18, before Racial Adjustments, than more power to them.  In such a system, the PCs are guaranteed to be fairly close to one another in regards to base effectiveness and viable options.  Point Buy makes high stats possible by causing low stats.  A Standard Array gives the same base Ability Score rolls to every PC. No one's trying to make the original poster feel guilty about it; we're just pointing out that he either accepts the resulting rolls as a consequence of using dice (i.e., "it's okay") or that he seek a solution to his "delima" by using a system that reduces the potential variance between PCs. And this relates to the topic how? In a Ramones-esque Do-It-My-Way-Or-Else kinda way, yes, I guess that would seem fair. Again, this has what to do with the topic?  Yes, it's true, but relevant how? Again, here you are once more confusing our statements about dice being random as statements about the original poster being a bad boy and not deserving a cookie. Absolutely!!! Oh, quick question: What if his high stats allow him to outshine the rest of the PCs and their fun is impacted by this.  Is that okay too?  Because it is a consequence of using dice, and you either accept it or you don't.</blockquote>

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