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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5032619" data-attributes="member: 82106">Well, people always remember the good rolls and forget the bad, particularly with ability scores I think. I can remember several really high stat AD&D 1e characters I played. I don't remember much about the ones with the low stats. Actually the LEAST memorable were the typical ones with nothing but a bunch of mediocre numbers. Unless the character happened to do something really memorable it tended to be quickly set aside and forgotten. The game has evolved a LOT though since 1e. With the vast number of interesting options you have these days characters are always a lot more distinctive and raw scores don't matter so much. Ironically that means its not so important to roll them anymore either. The only thing I miss is the guy with the 18 STR and 4 INT. Those were fun characters. The thing is they were fun because most characters were bland. In my group with 4e I find there are few, if any, bland characters. They probably have "typical stats" for the race/class they are, but beyond that they're pretty interesting. Using the 4e standard arrays in 1e would be pretty blah. Different game with different emphasis I guess.</blockquote>