D&D (2024) Suggestion: higher Standardarray instead of the additional +2/+1

[Bill Zebub]

It's necessicary with some players.

That blows my mind.

Although, I guess I could see if it was an AL game at a FLGS.

But, even so, as long as their top two stats make sense (or if they used 15,15,15,8,8,8) you know you're in the ballpark. If there's a 13 instead of a 10 somewhere will it really matter? I don't think I would even play if I felt like I had to police characters.

 

[tetrasodium]

That blows my mind.

Although, I guess I could see if it was an AL game at a FLGS.

Yep. I ran a lot of AL precovid & you'd be shocked how often players come in with "mistakes" on their sheets, the attribs are probably the most common & impactful one since a third good stat or a good stat turned great is usually pretty big.

But, even so, as long as their top two stats make sense (or if they used 15,15,15,8,8,8) you know you're in the ballpark. If there's a 13 instead of a 10 somewhere will it really matter? I don't think I would even play if I felt like I had to police characters.

When players start getting creative with pointbuy & moving away from the standard away or taking half feats it gets bad. Toss in bonkers items like "strength=19 gauntlets are totally appropriate for a level 1-4 adventure" where wotc has made one of the six stats unknowable & it gets worse. With non-AL games I usually don't really look all that hard & mainly just look for obvious problems because I find the sheer act of doing that at the start & occasionally cuts down on white lies like that supreme potion of healing that seems to be available more often than they are found