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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 3174439" data-attributes="member: 11">Intended, I guess.  I mean, what I really wanted was to avoid the cookie-cutter outcomes of point buy, while still avoiding the WIDE variation of stat sets among players.  A +3 total modifier difference is not a big deal at all.  In our old 4d6 drop the lowest, we had much bigger disparities - and no one ever complained (much) - I just liked it less and less.They did cooperate - not specifically to give him the best stats - but tto give everyone a chance to get what they wanted.Well, the theme of the campaign (young nobles) lends itself to politicking and the like and the use of Influence and Reputation rules makes Charisma even more valuable.  Plus, we are a "role-play heavy" group - so I am not surprised about the choices in Charisma.  The fighter/diviner needed at least a 13 to qualify for the Academy Alumnus feat, and the priests needed high cha too.Well, it make sense since he said he wants to play someone "cowardly". <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Plans to play a female character, and despite our admonitions to the contrary about female strength and fantast worlds - the player insisted on having a lower strength.</blockquote>