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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helium3" data-source="post: 2621173" data-attributes="member: 31301">I did a lame statistical analysis of ability scores once using excel, and I was pretty surprised at how common it was to have at least one 18 in any one stat. Basically, on average an 18 is going to be rolled once every 216 or so rolls (assuming straight 3d6). So, pretty much one in every 36 people is going to have one. So, fundamentally the game doesn't really obey the handwaving it proclaims about how "rare" PC's are with respect to "mundane" people simply by way of stats.But then, that presumes that anyone cares. I think it's satisfactory to simply wave your hands and simply say that most people don't become adventurers for many other reasons besides not having the "stats." But seriously, this has nothing to do with the "proliferation" of magic. From my experience, the reason that the magic level of D&D creeps upwards over time is because players come to expect a certain level of it and convince themselves that fun cannot be had without it. Either that or more and more "special effects" are needed to make things new and exciting. I think the same trend tends to be seen in your average Hollywood FX-Fest. When I try to do weird things with the magic system in my game, my players either complain that I'm "nerfing the magic" or forcing them to learn "a new system." Both are apparently great horrors. I do think that the amount of book-keeping necessary has gotten way out of control. Someone has got to write a really simply to use computer program that allows DM's to track stuff on a round by round basis.</blockquote>

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