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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Twig" data-source="post: 6811701" data-attributes="member: 31754">I don't have my old rule book handy, but it seems that it was never explicitly stated that you roll 3d6 in order and keep what you get regardless of the rolls. Apparently the books even said you should have at least two 15s. So the implied method was, roll 3d6 in order and keep trying until you get a decent set of rolls.And honestly, that's how we made characters for my first few games (I also started in 1980). Needless to say this method gets you scores a lot better than 10.5 average on each stat and therefore makes it easier to qualify for whatever class you want. Which I believe was the whole point of this argument?Just because someone makes a mistake doesn't mean you should be obnoxious in pointing out that mistake.He asked that you show where it says that you roll 3d6 in order and keep what you get. I believe you have failed to come up with a page number so far. The best you can say at this point was that you were both a little off on remembering the exact method described as the default method of generating characteristics in 1e D&amp;D.Again, I don't have my books available right now, so I am working off memory and comments in this thread. If it actually is stated somewhere in the 1e PHB or DMG that you roll 3d6 in order and keep the results you get, a polite correction would be most welcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Twig, post: 6811701, member: 31754"] I don't have my old rule book handy, but it seems that it was never explicitly stated that you roll 3d6 in order and keep what you get regardless of the rolls. Apparently the books even said you should have at least two 15s. So the implied method was, roll 3d6 in order and keep trying until you get a decent set of rolls. And honestly, that's how we made characters for my first few games (I also started in 1980). Needless to say this method gets you scores a lot better than 10.5 average on each stat and therefore makes it easier to qualify for whatever class you want. Which I believe was the whole point of this argument? Just because someone makes a mistake doesn't mean you should be obnoxious in pointing out that mistake. He asked that you show where it says that you roll 3d6 in order and keep what you get. I believe you have failed to come up with a page number so far. The best you can say at this point was that you were both a little off on remembering the exact method described as the default method of generating characteristics in 1e D&D. Again, I don't have my books available right now, so I am working off memory and comments in this thread. If it actually is stated somewhere in the 1e PHB or DMG that you roll 3d6 in order and keep the results you get, a polite correction would be most welcome. [/QUOTE]

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