So, you roll 6 18's.

[Matafuego]

Forgetting about total numbers:
rolling
6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6
is the same as rolling
3+2+1+4+2+5+5+6+4+3+6+1+3+5+2+4+2+5
in order
which i just did...
so
it's possible
as possible as what i just rolled

yes
i'd play it
What would I play?
whatever concept i already had in mind! adapted to the high stats
lately i've been thinking about playing a warforged
so maybe the best warforged this warforged warforgey thing ever built...
or the worst, considering it's high wisdom and intelligence...

 

[Zander]

Congratulations, you made me giggle like a schoolgirl.

Glad to be of service if, indeed, making someone giggle like a schoolgirl is a service.

 

[Zander]

Dwarves are (a bit) overpowered; clerics are (a bit) overpowered; a character with all 18's is (vastly) overpowered.

A dwarven cleric is not inherently cheesy, particularly with "normal" stats ... but they can easily be made so with a little powergaming. So the idea was, if you're going to be cheesy, be cheesy all the way. :

Sorry, I didn't understand that by "cheesy" you meant "munchkin". I took "cheesy" to mean "corny". I see your point now.

OT: Just for the record, my dwarven cleric isn't the most powerful in the party. He doesn't do much damage each round; certainly a lot less than the party's warlock. He's more of a party support officer, buffing other PCs, using heal skill and dispensing cure spells.

 

[Particle_Man]

Forgetting about total numbers:
rolling
6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6
is the same as rolling
3+2+1+4+2+5+5+6+4+3+6+1+3+5+2+4+2+5
in order
which i just did...
so
it's possible
as possible as what i just rolled

But 18 + 18 + 18 + 18 + 18 + 18

is wayyyy less likely than

6 + 11 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 11

Which is also what you just rolled. That is because there are way more ways to get a total of 11 with three dice (for example) than there are to get a total of 18 with three dice.

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

I dont see the big deal over characters that get alot of really high Ability scores. My first 2e character rolled something like 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 16. The order might be off but those where my stats before my Dm burned my character (literally).
In a Star Wars game my friend ran he came up with several ways to generate ability scores.
3d6 reroll all 1s and 2s.
4d6 reroll 1s and drop lowest
roll 1d20 take what you get
roll 2d10 reroll 1s.
or 35 point buy.
I took the roll 2d10s. I got 20, 20, 18, 19, 16, 17.

recently iafriend of mine is trying a OD&D game and in front of the DM rolled 5 18's in a roll and the lowest score was a 13.

And those are the ones i can remember. My players frequently rolls 2 or more 18s when making characters. In fact its rare for me to see a character without at least one 18. Of course i have never had all 18s but in our group it really wouldnt be as big of a deal as some of you think it would be.


And in our group Cheese is also the word for Munchkin like characters, or builds.

 

[Matafuego]

But 18 + 18 + 18 + 18 + 18 + 18

is wayyyy less likely than

6 + 11 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 11

Which is also what you just rolled. That is because there are way more ways to get a total of 11 with three dice (for example) than there are to get a total of 18 with three dice.

of course, that's why i said i wouldn't add the numbers up
any sequence (in order) of 18 numbers between 1 and 6 is as likely as any other to occur.
Statistically hard?
of course
but likely to occur.

so yes, it might happen, with 4d6 drop the lowest is a bit easier.
it might.. i'm not saying it will

the most i've seen with 4d6 drop the lowest is four 18's a 16 and a 10 or 12, don't remember. It was 2e and he played an elf... fighter/wizard/thief... talk about cheesy =)