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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8070282" data-attributes="member: 27385">Having the same scores, even if in different places make the PCs more' fair' to the others in terms of power and balance.&nbsp; When I was younger, we used to roll 3d6, then 4d6, and eventually 3d6+1d8 to make stats.&nbsp; It was always fun to make characters and rolling is p[art of the fun.&nbsp; Today, none of my group cares either way and defaults to picking from an array.&nbsp; I'm not sure, but others point to the math being about the same either way in terms of bonuses and super-PCs mostly used to happen when people rolled 'at home' and not as part of a 0-session.&nbsp; We have been having a lot of pages over several threads about stats and bonuses.&nbsp; Nobody has mentioned yet about letting players just assign any score they want to their PC.&nbsp; There is a lot of talk about not being able to make the character one wants if they cannot get a +2 to the primary class or needing to pick a certain race to get something.&nbsp; I wonder how far away we are from just letting each person pick whatever they want.&nbsp; There will be the 18s all down the line and the player saying that his PC is a 'hero' among his race and others will just pick a low score in something to play what he envisioned.&nbsp; Most may be fairer than others.&nbsp; I'm not for this, but more surprised we have not gotten this far yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8070282, member: 27385"] Having the same scores, even if in different places make the PCs more' fair' to the others in terms of power and balance. When I was younger, we used to roll 3d6, then 4d6, and eventually 3d6+1d8 to make stats. It was always fun to make characters and rolling is p[art of the fun. Today, none of my group cares either way and defaults to picking from an array. I'm not sure, but others point to the math being about the same either way in terms of bonuses and super-PCs mostly used to happen when people rolled 'at home' and not as part of a 0-session. We have been having a lot of pages over several threads about stats and bonuses. Nobody has mentioned yet about letting players just assign any score they want to their PC. There is a lot of talk about not being able to make the character one wants if they cannot get a +2 to the primary class or needing to pick a certain race to get something. I wonder how far away we are from just letting each person pick whatever they want. There will be the 18s all down the line and the player saying that his PC is a 'hero' among his race and others will just pick a low score in something to play what he envisioned. Most may be fairer than others. I'm not for this, but more surprised we have not gotten this far yet. [/QUOTE]

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