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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7410077" data-attributes="member: 29398">Instead of using the method in the OP, what we've done forever is roll the stats as normal (so, all end up as 3-18) then use a chart we have that takes your roll and changes it to the same relative position on the bell curve for the race/stat you need.So, if you roll 11 (i.e. about "halfway" in the 3-18 range) for Con but you're a Dwarf, that 11 gets bumped up to 15 (which is "halfway" in the 11-19 range).  But if you're an Elf and you put an 18 into Str it'll get dropped to a 17; a 17 would go down to 16, and so on down to about 11 below which the stat wouldn't change e.g. if you put an 9 on Elf Str it'd stay a 9).It's one of those things that's way more complicated to explain than to actually do.The ranges we use, and the charts, are here...<a href="http://www.friendsofgravity.com/games/commons_room/blue_books/decast-blue-book-in-html/decbluebook2.html#ranges" target="_blank">http://www.friendsofgravity.com/games/commons_room/blue_books/decast-blue-book-in-html/decbluebook2.html#ranges</a>...if anyone's interested.Lanefan</blockquote>