So, I rolled 5 18s

[Deset Gled]

You've never played Yahtzee, have you? The real odds are, of course, 50/50. Either it happens or it doesn't. You roll often enough and it'll happen eventually.

I'm sorry, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Please, for the sake of all that is math, learn some more about statistics before making this kind of statement. This place looks like a good place to start: http://math.about.com/od/statistics/

 

[Mercule]

Wouldn't play it, wouldn't allow it.

Reasons as per others.

 

[Driddle]

The odds of any particular board member posting something that makes sense on a thread about dice probability are precisely one in a thousand, or about 50/50.

 

[Rel]

I'm sorry, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Please, for the sake of all that is math, learn some more about statistics before making this kind of statement. This place looks like a good place to start: http://math.about.com/od/statistics/

MODERATOR NOTE: I think we all understand that Ed has a less than perfect grasp of statistics. No further snipes that this post are necessary.

 

[Slife]

I'm sorry, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Please, for the sake of all that is math, learn some more about statistics before making this kind of statement. This place looks like a good place to start: http://math.about.com/od/statistics/

He's being sarcastic.

And without knowledge of how many rerolls have done, you have no way to calculate the probablility. 50/50 is as good as any choice.

 

[amethal]

As a DM, I'd allow it. Since the character would be a bit better then others I'd allow all the other PCs to have the same stats if they wanted to.

That's a fantastic idea.

One of the guys in my group loves rolling his own characters even more than he loves having characters with as many high scores as possible.

If I tell him he can have 5 18s because somebody else rolled them for him, or he can roll himself and (barring a miracle) have by far the lowest stats in the group (since everyone else will take the 5 18s) it will break his heart!

He'll agonise and agonise, but in the end he'll have to roll, and from that moment on whenever he looks at his character sheet its gonna hurt.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

He's being sarcastic.

And without knowledge of how many rerolls have done, you have no way to calculate the probablility. 50/50 is as good as any choice.

Well, I wasn't actually trying to be sarcastic, but that's about the gist of what I've been trying to get across. The one in 2.5 million, or whatever, simply doesn't take into account everyone else who has rolled 3D6 five or more times in a row since it happened last. That includes people who are just rolling dice out of sheer boredom, non RPGers, etc. The point is that, yes, the odds are incredibly high, but there are an incredible number of people in the world who roll dice. Saying "He can't do it, the odds are too high!" is nonsense, IMHO.

 

[MarkB]

Well, I wasn't actually trying to be sarcastic, but that's about the gist of what I've been trying to get across. The one in 2.5 million, or whatever, simply doesn't take into account everyone else who has rolled 3D6 five or more times in a row since it happened last. That includes people who are just rolling dice out of sheer boredom, non RPGers, etc. The point is that, yes, the odds are incredibly high, but there are an incredible number of people in the world who roll dice. Saying "He can't do it, the odds are too high!" is nonsense, IMHO.

Well, first of all, the odds are so stupendously high that it's quite possible that, on average, it would take more character-creation stat rolls than have ever been performed in the history of D&D to get that result.

And second, this forum has limited participation - I don't know how many people, but probably tens or hundreds of thousands. That means that even if someone out there does happen to genuinely get that roll, the odds that he also happens to be an EN World subscriber are still thousands to one at least.

Now, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. It just means the odds against it are stacked rather higher than 50/50.

 

[Treebore]

Racial max's? What game/version are you playing? There are no racial max's that I'm aware of.

So, then, you'd have no problem with me just choosing to have all 40's, right?

There ARE racial max's. Otherwise we would have a different stat generation method. Maybe roll 1d100? The nromal racial range is 3-18, that is why we roll or keep 3d6, modified by racial stat modifiers.

If what your saying is true we would roll 1d100, or some variation thereof. Or d1000's. Or d1,000,000. If there really is no "racial maximums".

Maybe "racial normals" explains things better?

Maybe rereading the stat explanations in the front of the PH will help explain things better.

 

[Balgus]

I've rolled high before (never like this) and purposefully nerfed the results to balance out closer to the other characters in the group.

My post really doesnt have anythingto do with you. I just like your name. I believe it's a freeway exit off the 15 on your way to Vegas.

That said, to the original poster

I think this would be a perfectly normal result, and would be cheating for you to even ask your DM. You said in your post that you roll characters up for fun. That means that you have rolled up some crappy ones, mediocre ones,and great ones. This one just seems to be over the top. And if you have done this 150 times in the past few years, one of these is bound to show up eventually,as well as one that had four 7s, three 4s, five 6s...

And did you even consider taking these to your DM? i doubt it. You just chalked it up to "I was just playing around to see..."

And now that you rolled a good character stat, you all of a sudden want to have a new character with monsterous stats. To me, this is akin to rolling twenty times, and only taking the numbers you like: "let's throw out that 1,and reroll, no that four wont work, oh I rolled a six."

If I were your DM, I would not any character generation take place unless it was called for in game. So if a char dies and you had a week tocome up with a new char. Or if your DM asks you to for some reason. But to have a perfectly good char scrapped because you just happened tocome upwith a great stattedchar- not in my game.