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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 1299664" data-attributes="member: 939"><p>Stats are as integral a part of a character as their favorite color or their motivation for adventuring or their family background.&nbsp; More integral, actually, because stats are not something that can be changed while other personality traits can be.&nbsp; If you want to create a linguist - you need to give him a high int and language skills.&nbsp; If you roll randomly, you might end up too dumb to know ANY languages.&nbsp; So now you have a linguist who knows broken common and can't read or write.&nbsp; If you want to make a brute bully who bashes his way through life, but your stats give you a weakling, then again, you have lost your character concept.&nbsp; The character stats are VERY important and are very integral to who the character is.&nbsp; Are they smart, but lacking common sense?&nbsp; Can they talk their way out of situations or do they have to rely on their bashing?&nbsp; All of these things are part of the definition of character.&nbsp; I'd rather not leave them to random number generators.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 1299664, member: 939"] Stats are as integral a part of a character as their favorite color or their motivation for adventuring or their family background. More integral, actually, because stats are not something that can be changed while other personality traits can be. If you want to create a linguist - you need to give him a high int and language skills. If you roll randomly, you might end up too dumb to know ANY languages. So now you have a linguist who knows broken common and can't read or write. If you want to make a brute bully who bashes his way through life, but your stats give you a weakling, then again, you have lost your character concept. The character stats are VERY important and are very integral to who the character is. Are they smart, but lacking common sense? Can they talk their way out of situations or do they have to rely on their bashing? All of these things are part of the definition of character. I'd rather not leave them to random number generators. [/QUOTE]

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