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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5397708" data-attributes="member: 98255">I have played in groups with others whose characters have extremely low dump stats or multiple 8s for example, and in general, I think most people only do it if they can boost a prime stat to compensate. Granted this isn't always true, but in my experience it generally is.That said, I have a few characters with fairly low stats, but I will also admit, that while I do roleplay up the dump stats, I did it for the points that I could use to pump primaries and secondaries in most cases.In a 2e game I played a ranger whose 9 Int got bumped to a 5 by a DM whose character generation method involved the Deck of Many Things as a background-generating device. It was fun to play, but it wasn't quite what I had in mind.Most of my other characters have voluntary dumps, because I find that even a minor flaw brings realism to the table. My 5-foot-nothing wizard has a Str 6, because she's quite literally a 97-pound weakling. Several of my characters use Wis as a dump because I enjoy playing naive, foolhardy, or impulsive characters sometimes. I think the only stat I've never dumped on any character I've played was Con, but even then, I had one drawn up, I just never got to use it.So yeah, it can be fun, but I think there is too much potential for abuse in the typical group. Super low dump stats are a problem if even 1 player out of the whole group abuses it. Though like others have suggested, if the player gets no other benefit out of it, it's less problematic.</blockquote>

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