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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7136957" data-attributes="member: 6683613">There's a difference between &quot;not having 20 Strength&quot; and &quot;not having a Strength that's even remotely noteworthy&quot;. A mighty warrior doesn't need the maximum, but he should probably have at least a 15 or 16 so he can, y'know, do strong person things. It'd be pretty annoying for the player of our 11-Str Achilles if the party wizard who had no interest in any feats of physical might but happened to roll a 13 was better at kicking down doors than he.You know, you suggest a wonderful idea. Why don't we roll dice to determine starting level just like we roll to determine starting Strength? After all, not everybody in the world has the same amount of training and experience. Surely if it's annoying to you for the whole party to have similar ability scores, it must be all the more annoying to you for the whole party to have exactly the same level. And if it's cool for Lady Fortuna to decide whether you can be a strong character immediately or whether you have to wait for eight to twelve levels, surely it's even cooler for Lady Fortuna to decide how long you have to wait for other aspects of your character fantasy as well. Right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 7136957, member: 6683613"] There's a difference between "not having 20 Strength" and "not having a Strength that's even remotely noteworthy". A mighty warrior doesn't need the maximum, but he should probably have at least a 15 or 16 so he can, y'know, do strong person things. It'd be pretty annoying for the player of our 11-Str Achilles if the party wizard who had no interest in any feats of physical might but happened to roll a 13 was better at kicking down doors than he. You know, you suggest a wonderful idea. Why don't we roll dice to determine starting level just like we roll to determine starting Strength? After all, not everybody in the world has the same amount of training and experience. Surely if it's annoying to you for the whole party to have similar ability scores, it must be all the more annoying to you for the whole party to have [I]exactly the same[/I] level. And if it's cool for Lady Fortuna to decide whether you can be a strong character immediately or whether you have to wait for eight to twelve levels, surely it's even cooler for Lady Fortuna to decide how long you have to wait for other aspects of your character fantasy as well. Right? [/QUOTE]

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