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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6995883" data-attributes="member: 6701872"><p>Except they do.</p><p></p><p>Your assumption that the villagers living in a typical village have their ability scores determined by 3d6 roll, and thus about 10 of the lot of them are as strong as an ogre, is not actually supported by the rules of the 5th edition game.</p><p></p><p>What is supported by the 5th edition game would be that all commoners in a village use the commoner stat-block from the monster manual, so 0 of them are as strong as an ogre. Or that the DM is following the guidance for creating NPCs that is found in the DMG, wherein an NPC's strength need not even be given a score, and if given one is not even suggested for it to be forced to adhere to a 3d6 distribution.</p><p></p><p>If that is true at your table, it is because you have made choices as the DM that result in it being true.</p><p></p><p>At my table, the only smiths or farmhands that even have a chance worth getting the dice involve to wrestle an ogre are the ones that, for what ever reason, I have intentionally given that chance (and it is usually because they are actually the player characters, who with their 16+ Strength score and relevant skill proficiency <em>are meant to be great</em>, which is obvious by the fact they they - unlike normal folks - have fair chances of wrestling ogres.</p><p></p><p>D&D 5th edition characters are not "any normal strongman" by definition - they are heroes, it says so right on the cover of the PHB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6995883, member: 6701872"] Except they do. Your assumption that the villagers living in a typical village have their ability scores determined by 3d6 roll, and thus about 10 of the lot of them are as strong as an ogre, is not actually supported by the rules of the 5th edition game. What is supported by the 5th edition game would be that all commoners in a village use the commoner stat-block from the monster manual, so 0 of them are as strong as an ogre. Or that the DM is following the guidance for creating NPCs that is found in the DMG, wherein an NPC's strength need not even be given a score, and if given one is not even suggested for it to be forced to adhere to a 3d6 distribution. If that is true at your table, it is because you have made choices as the DM that result in it being true. At my table, the only smiths or farmhands that even have a chance worth getting the dice involve to wrestle an ogre are the ones that, for what ever reason, I have intentionally given that chance (and it is usually because they are actually the player characters, who with their 16+ Strength score and relevant skill proficiency [I]are meant to be great[/I], which is obvious by the fact they they - unlike normal folks - have fair chances of wrestling ogres. D&D 5th edition characters are not "any normal strongman" by definition - they are heroes, it says so right on the cover of the PHB. [/QUOTE]
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