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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7140241" data-attributes="member: 29398">Obviously the numbers are different, and if that's all you look at then yes, the resulting abilities of the characters will also be different. (and FWIW you've given a pretty extreme pair of stat sets - 18-18-14-14-14-14 vs. 14-10-9-9-9-9 (filling in values not stated, using what you said as guidelines) - giving an average of 15.67 vs. 10.00 for the two characters.&nbsp; That's a huge difference, and IME extremely unlikely to happen within the same party.&nbsp; But, it's what you've got, so let's proceed.Outright going to be better?&nbsp; Not necessarily.&nbsp; Are the odds in Tok's favour?&nbsp; Certainly.&nbsp; But you won't know the actual outcome - whether, say, Tik rolls into the hall of fame while Tok lies forgotten in an unmarked grave somewhere - until the game gets played out.Side story: the Tik-Tok situation has somewhat happened in my current campaign and is still ongoing.&nbsp; The brother - Kirkos, a MU - was rolled up very early in the game and had a starting stat average just over 12 (14-15-6-14-13-11).&nbsp; A few years later his Illusionist sister Kirke was rolled up with a starting average of 15.5 (14-17-14-17-17-14).&nbsp; Both are still going*, and Kirkos - despite his own best attempts (Wisdom 6 is a real problem when you're a blast mage) - has had by far the better career in terms of longevity, memorability, and stories told.&nbsp; In fact he's become one of the better-known characters this campaign has produced, and is in our Hall of Heroes.* - Disclaimers: neither has been played continuously since roll-up - we cycle through which party gets played and also which characters are in which parties at any given time.&nbsp; Right now Kirke is active while Kirkos is on hold.&nbsp; They are not played by the same player.&nbsp; All rolls were witnessed, and we've used 5d6k3 since forever.&nbsp; Stats are in the proper order S-I-W-D-Co-Ch.Lan-&quot;stats aren't everything&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7140241, member: 29398"] Obviously the numbers are different, and if that's all you look at then yes, the resulting abilities of the characters will also be different. (and FWIW you've given a pretty extreme pair of stat sets - 18-18-14-14-14-14 vs. 14-10-9-9-9-9 (filling in values not stated, using what you said as guidelines) - giving an average of 15.67 vs. 10.00 for the two characters. That's a huge difference, and IME extremely unlikely to happen within the same party. But, it's what you've got, so let's proceed. Outright going to be better? Not necessarily. Are the odds in Tok's favour? Certainly. But you won't know the actual outcome - whether, say, Tik rolls into the hall of fame while Tok lies forgotten in an unmarked grave somewhere - until the game gets played out. Side story: the Tik-Tok situation has somewhat happened in my current campaign and is still ongoing. The brother - Kirkos, a MU - was rolled up very early in the game and had a starting stat average just over 12 (14-15-6-14-13-11). A few years later his Illusionist sister Kirke was rolled up with a starting average of 15.5 (14-17-14-17-17-14). Both are still going*, and Kirkos - despite his own best attempts (Wisdom 6 is a real problem when you're a blast mage) - has had by far the better career in terms of longevity, memorability, and stories told. In fact he's become one of the better-known characters this campaign has produced, and is in our Hall of Heroes. * - Disclaimers: neither has been played continuously since roll-up - we cycle through which party gets played and also which characters are in which parties at any given time. Right now Kirke is active while Kirkos is on hold. They are not played by the same player. All rolls were witnessed, and we've used 5d6k3 since forever. Stats are in the proper order S-I-W-D-Co-Ch. Lan-"stats aren't everything"-efan [/QUOTE]

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