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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6810697" data-attributes="member: 22424">Yes. 2nd Ed's options:Method I was 3d6 in order.Method II was 3d6 twice (keep best) in order.Method III was 3d6 six times, arrange to suit.Method IV was 3d6 twelve times, keep best six, arrange to suit.Method V was 4d6-drop-lowest six times, arrange to suit. (There was a dire warning in the DMG that this was overpowered. Silly me, I believed it at the time.)Method VI had each stat start at 8 and had the player roll 7d6. They could then assign those dice to the stats as they wished, with two caveats: they couldn't 'split' a die, and they couldn't go above 18 in any stat. So if you rolled seven '6's, it actually wasn't the best result. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> That was the method we used, basically from day one.Skills &amp; Powers added some more methods, mostly some form of point buy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6810697, member: 22424"] Yes. 2nd Ed's options: Method I was 3d6 in order. Method II was 3d6 twice (keep best) in order. Method III was 3d6 six times, arrange to suit. Method IV was 3d6 twelve times, keep best six, arrange to suit. Method V was 4d6-drop-lowest six times, arrange to suit. (There was a dire warning in the DMG that this was overpowered. Silly me, I believed it at the time.) Method VI had each stat start at 8 and had the player roll 7d6. They could then assign those dice to the stats as they wished, with two caveats: they couldn't 'split' a die, and they couldn't go above 18 in any stat. So if you rolled seven '6's, it actually wasn't the best result. :) That was the method we used, basically from day one. Skills & Powers added some more methods, mostly some form of point buy. [/QUOTE]

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