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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 670106" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReKae Yoss,Point buy was easier. It was an online game. I usually let my players roll stats using a method that guarantees very good stats. Nearly as good as D18-1, but not quite that good.Some people like to play Conan, Sir Launcelot or Aragorn, others like to play somewhere in between and some like to play really gritty.I already stated that I like epic heroic without magic. If your stats are raised by magic, then you really aren't in the mold of the great heroes of literature whether you read greek philosophy, Arthurian legends, Lord of the Rings or Conan books.I get what I want by letting the players build characters with high stats. Then I run the game accordingly and create villains the equal of the heroes. What good is an high-statted hero unless he has equally high-statted villains to take on?That is how I maintain game balance. I have had the easiest time doing so with 3rd edition DnD because monster templates are so easy to modify.</blockquote>