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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 6834905" data-attributes="member: 6683613">Yes.  The point here is to demonstrate that not every character concept is equally appropriate for every score.  Imagine that the players instead rolled for their flaws, and this player got the flaw "I am unintelligent".  Clearly the dice would be telling him to pick a different character concept than that of the great detective, right?  Well, rolling for ability scores is just rolling for flaws old school.  Literally.  An Intelligence of 5 is the flaw "I am unintelligent."  (The only difference is that the Intelligence score actually has the mechanical ramifications to back up the assertion.)  So if a player rolls an Int 5, then the dice are again telling him to pick a different character concept than that of the great detective.Whenever you roll for a part of character creation, whether it be ability scores or traits/bonds/flaws or race/class or anything else, then you are inescapably giving the dice some control over your character concept.  If you have a definite character concept in your head beforehand and then struggle against the dice results to implement it, that's a sign you shouldn't have been rolling; you should have opted for a different character creation method where you have the control.  When rolling, the key is not to struggle against it, but rather go with the flow and see where it takes you.And I don't want to play mind-reader on the OP too much, but I think this premise is implicit in it.  "What would you do if you rolled a 5 for an ability score?" seems to be asking for character concepts to go with that flow.  At any rate, I am quite confident that it is not asking for the answer you gave, "Apply a -3 modifier to ability checks related to that ability score." Because if that's all there is to say, then that's the end of the conversation, and what a boring conversation it was.Can I bypass a Strength check by demonstrating to the DM that I can kick down a door?</blockquote>

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