Unreal....

[Kai Lord]

After pretty much exclusively playing Aragorn/Legolas/Conan type alpha-male badasses, I decided to go against my standard character type and create a young, wiry, somewhat shy wizard on the path to becoming a Techsmith of Gond who lives a bit vicariously through the heroics of his constructs.

I wanted this guy to have a sweet Intelligence, maybe a good Dexterity, okay Wisdom and be average to slightly below average in everything else.

So here's what I roll using the standard 4d6 method:

15
16
16
17
17
17

What the hell???? NOW I get a ridiculous streak of luck right off the bat? I actually have to reroll the character now. What are the freaking odds? That's beyond random....

 

[Zarrock God of Evil]

After pretty much exclusively playing Aragorn/Legolas/Conan type alpha-male badasses, I decided to go against my standard character type and create a young, wiry, somewhat shy wizard on the path to becoming a Techsmith of Gond who lives a bit vicariously through the heroics of his constructs.

I wanted this guy to have a sweet Intelligence, maybe a good Dexterity, okay Wisdom and be average to slightly below average in everything else.

So here's what I roll using the standard 4d6 method:

15
16
16
17
17
17

What the hell???? NOW I get a ridiculous streak of luck right off the bat? I actually have to reroll the character now. What are the freaking odds? That's beyond random....

I'd allow it as a DM. This happens - luck should be rewarded as well and such exceptional persons exist in real life as well...

-Zarrock

 

[Kai Lord]

Re: Re: Unreal....

I'd allow it as a DM. This happens - luck should be rewarded as well and such exceptional persons exist in real life as well...

The problem is it just doesn't fit my concept. I want him to be wiry, shy, and somewhat unsure of his own personal abilities that don't relate directly to creating things. The worst Strength and Charisma he can have is a 15 and a 16. I just don't see that for this guy, so I'll be voluntarily rerolling shortly. For my next attempt he'll probably have all 18's....

 

[I'm A Banana]

Offer to "donate" your stats to a different PC in exchange for others...?

Or say "These rolls are for my next character. For this one..."

 

[Dave Blewer]

The problem is it just doesn't fit my concept. I want him to be wiry, shy, and somewhat unsure of his own personal abilities that don't relate directly to creating things. The worst Strength and Charisma he can have is a 15 and a 16.

How about he thinks of himself in these terms, even if no one else does.... He expects people to react badly to him even though no one does and has no concept of how physically strong he is....

 

[WizarDru]

There's always point-buy, you know.

 

[Airwolf]

There's always point-buy, you know.

eeewwwww!

 

[Crothian]

I almost had the same problem, my rolls were 4 17's, a 15, and 13.

I just had to refine the concept a little. But if you can't work with your numbers, I've yet to hear of a DM that didn't allow lowering of attributes.

 

[DarkJester]

The *best* stats I ever rolled were a 16,14,14,14,12,7.

It seems everytime I roll a 17 or 18 it is accompanied by several numbers below 10.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Re: Re: Re: Unreal....

The problem is it just doesn't fit my concept. I want him to be wiry, shy, and somewhat unsure of his own personal abilities that don't relate directly to creating things. The worst Strength and Charisma he can have is a 15 and a 16. I just don't see that for this guy, so I'll be voluntarily rerolling shortly. For my next attempt he'll probably have all 18's....

Hmm... nice concept -- it can wait till another time. Don't let these stats be "the one that got away"...

J