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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 3774404" data-attributes="member: 40961">Oh, it was culled from a number of sessions.I thought I made this clear.&nbsp; People show up at the gaming group.&nbsp; They need to create a character.&nbsp; They declare that they're experienced players and can do this on their own.&nbsp; The DM says, &quot;I'll need to watch you roll the dice.&quot;&nbsp; The players then proceed to roll the dice in some bizarre fashion that may or may not be an optional rule in the DMG, but certainly isn't the rules in the player's handbook, and certainly wasn't something they were told to do by the DM.&nbsp; When asked what the heck they think they're doing, they react with shock and surprise that their method of character creation isn't standard.Which basically goes to support my original contention.&nbsp; People like randomized stats to the extent that they can use them to get better stats.&nbsp; People want controls on randomness that will save them from low stat characters, while giving them the potential for above average stat characters.&nbsp; Rather than leave this neurotic situation in place, why not just make point buy the standard issue means of character creation?It won't happen.&nbsp; This is one sacred cow too sacred to touch.&nbsp; But it should happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 3774404, member: 40961"] Oh, it was culled from a number of sessions. I thought I made this clear. People show up at the gaming group. They need to create a character. They declare that they're experienced players and can do this on their own. The DM says, "I'll need to watch you roll the dice." The players then proceed to roll the dice in some bizarre fashion that may or may not be an optional rule in the DMG, but certainly isn't the rules in the player's handbook, and certainly wasn't something they were told to do by the DM. When asked what the heck they think they're doing, they react with shock and surprise that their method of character creation isn't standard. Which basically goes to support my original contention. People like randomized stats to the extent that they can use them to get better stats. People want controls on randomness that will save them from low stat characters, while giving them the potential for above average stat characters. Rather than leave this neurotic situation in place, why not just make point buy the standard issue means of character creation? It won't happen. This is one sacred cow too sacred to touch. But it [I]should[/I] happen. [/QUOTE]

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