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<blockquote data-quote="Tallifer" data-source="post: 8011582" data-attributes="member: 84661">This poll is just for fun and a bit of light discussion.These days I play and run 4E; I also play in a 5E game and a retroclone of 1980 Basic D&amp;D. It is interesting how the order of stats differs between editions, and how it can even matter at times.For example, in campaigns which allow rolling for stats, the players often get confused. &quot;Awesome. 12, 10, 13, 16, 9. That should make a sweet wizard.&quot; &quot;No, in this edition, the 10 is your INT. You could make a decent thief.&quot; (Of course, if the player declares what each roll is for, the problem is avoided. I am simply amused by how many times this happens.) For another example, I always find it quicker to parse a player's character sheet when the stats are written in the order I expect. Silly, I know, but interesting to me.As for me, I prefer the 4E order since I think in terms of Fortitude, Reflex and Will defenses, and therefore I also think of the order of stats as Fightery, Thiefy, Wizardy, Clericy and Bardy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tallifer, post: 8011582, member: 84661"] This poll is just for fun and a bit of light discussion. These days I play and run 4E; I also play in a 5E game and a retroclone of 1980 Basic D&D. It is interesting how the order of stats differs between editions, and how it can even matter at times. For example, in campaigns which allow rolling for stats, the players often get confused. "Awesome. 12, 10, 13, 16, 9. That should make a sweet wizard." "No, in this edition, the 10 is your INT. You could make a decent thief." (Of course, if the player declares what each roll is for, the problem is avoided. I am simply amused by how many times this happens.) For another example, I always find it quicker to parse a player's character sheet when the stats are written in the order I expect. Silly, I know, but interesting to me. As for me, I prefer the 4E order since I think in terms of Fortitude, Reflex and Will defenses, and therefore I also think of the order of stats as Fightery, Thiefy, Wizardy, Clericy and Bardy. [/QUOTE]

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