Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7195018" data-attributes="member: 7635">I was talking initial stat generation and regular leveling. I make no illusion that said rolls are the result of some &quot;creative&quot; dice rolling when not in full view of others; a toss of 1, 1, 4, 6 gets one of&nbsp; the &quot;1&quot;s quietly re-rolled and comes up &quot;5&quot; before a 15 is recorded. Or that a HP roll of &quot;1&quot; is scooped and a higher number recorded. And I'm fully aware it was cheating; I did it and it was done to me as a DM, especially in my 2e days. All it did, really, is speed up the process of attrition. A character with mediocre rolls and below average hp will, eventually, be &quot;culled&quot; for one with better luck in statistical gene pool (higher scores and hp). Perhaps said &quot;creative&quot; dice rolling just sped us through the multitude of &quot;Bob the fighter&quot;s and &quot;Lefty the Thief&quot;s who die to goblin arrows and poison traps on our way to playing the character's we enjoyed playing. (And I understand the &quot;war of attrition&quot; model of D&amp;D is beloved by some; see all the recent gushing about ToH or the DCC RPG. Not saying its badwrongfun, just that not every group liked going through 15 fighters on the way to 4th level).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 7195018, member: 7635"] I was talking initial stat generation and regular leveling. I make no illusion that said rolls are the result of some "creative" dice rolling when not in full view of others; a toss of 1, 1, 4, 6 gets one of the "1"s quietly re-rolled and comes up "5" before a 15 is recorded. Or that a HP roll of "1" is scooped and a higher number recorded. And I'm fully aware it was cheating; I did it and it was done to me as a DM, especially in my 2e days. All it did, really, is speed up the process of attrition. A character with mediocre rolls and below average hp will, eventually, be "culled" for one with better luck in statistical gene pool (higher scores and hp). Perhaps said "creative" dice rolling just sped us through the multitude of "Bob the fighter"s and "Lefty the Thief"s who die to goblin arrows and poison traps on our way to playing the character's we enjoyed playing. (And I understand the "war of attrition" model of D&D is beloved by some; see all the recent gushing about ToH or the DCC RPG. Not saying its badwrongfun, just that not every group liked going through 15 fighters on the way to 4th level). [/QUOTE]

Verification