Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
Back in the day my AD&D groups used Method I (4d6 drop low, arrange), but we gave each character three sets, pick your favorite.
One set was not going to reliably get you decent stats by AD&D standards. You'd almost always run into the "1-2 people get lucky*, 1 person gets screwed, everyone else has mediocre stats" pattern.
Giving each person 3 sets had SOME of that, but less extreme variance between the luckiest and the least lucky.
*(Although "lucky" in this case still usually only means getting two stats high enough for "real" bonuses. The average score of 13.27 Method 1 gives you is nice by B/X standards but junk when you're using the AD&D tables for bonuses).
One set was not going to reliably get you decent stats by AD&D standards. You'd almost always run into the "1-2 people get lucky*, 1 person gets screwed, everyone else has mediocre stats" pattern.
Giving each person 3 sets had SOME of that, but less extreme variance between the luckiest and the least lucky.
*(Although "lucky" in this case still usually only means getting two stats high enough for "real" bonuses. The average score of 13.27 Method 1 gives you is nice by B/X standards but junk when you're using the AD&D tables for bonuses).
