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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6862288" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>This objection would make a lot more sense, if the stat array I posted wasn't a completely ordinary near average result under the suggested method.  The average roll I got was a 14.67.  That's only a few points above the 14.2 or so (haven't worked out the exact math) that the method produces.  Go ahead and try 30 or so cases and see for yourself.  There will be a few low outliers with averages around 12 or so, but they'll also be some tremendously high multiple 18's results as well.   I mean either 3d6 reroll the 1's or 4d6k3 will tend to produce results near average point buy.  You combine the two, and you are no longer doing anything remotely as chancy as landing in a mine field in Bosnia.</p></blockquote><p></p>