Frozen_Heart
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Combined with picking the higher result between roll and buy boosts it a lot.The average of 5d4 is only 12.5.
Combined with picking the higher result between roll and buy boosts it a lot.The average of 5d4 is only 12.5.
Sure... but only to your dump stats. You're trading the certainty of a 15 with a +2 ASI for only a near certainty of getting +2-3 points to the stats you only bought up to 9 or 10.Combined with picking the higher result between roll and buy boosts it a lot.
Why complicate things?The way I'm doing it, going forward, is to remove all 1st level ASIs from race/background/etc and have players assign their stats according to the standard point buy (27 points).
But, to replace the standard ASIs, players get to roll 5d4 for each ability score, in order, and use the higher result (between the roll and the buy) for each ability.
It's just numbers, it's about as flavorful as mud.How is "this race has two higher strength than other races" not something which makes it less generic? It's saying they're meaningfully differentiated from other races in their tendency to be physically stronger, right?
This is just twisted semantics that signifies nothing.It's literally that, whether you are tired of it or not. Generic means "characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific." If you make them all not specific, you're making them all generic. And what you mean by "more playable" is "less specific" right? You want them to not specify particularized ability scores as having a bonus or a minimum, right? That is making them "not specific" which is "generic."
This simply isn’t true. Tolkien was one influence among many. Lieber, Vance, Smith, Wellman, and above all Howard (among many others) have demonstrable influences on DnD, far more than Tolkien.Too much of early DnD was tied to Tolkien assumptions. I still can't cope with dwarves wizards so don't ask me anything.
If there is no racial bias towards anything, the stat increases are meaningless.
I wouldn't say more influence than Tolkien. Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, treants, and Type VI demons (to name a few) beg to differ.This simply isn’t true. Tolkien was one influence among many. Lieber, Vance, Smith, Wellman, and above all Howard (among many others) have demonstrable influences on DnD, far more than Tolkien.
I’m not really interested in arguing about this, but the earliest DnD has, in my opinion, demonstrably clearer influences from the authors I listed than Tolkien. Perhaps not in races, but in regards to tone, objectives, and overall philosophy of the game.I wouldn't say more influence than Tolkien. Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, treants, and Type VI demons (to name a few) beg to differ.
All races/species being equally qualified at all times for all classes is not "less generic" when discussing how generic races/species are. The more you reduce races/species to mere flavor and less mechanics, the more generic it becomes."I really need for
This is just twisted semantics that signifies nothing.
You're going to see less pigeonholing into classes favored by ability score. That's less generic.