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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6904014" data-attributes="member: 6775477">I've found it also depends on the kind of campaign. Most campaigns have players using 1 PC for the duration of the campaign (unless they die), and rolled in order doesn't work well for those kind of campaigns (usually the party is missing a standard element - tank, skill monkey, healer, or mage). Old School campaigns where players have several PCs and choose which one to use each adventure work great with this, because you can roll up a couple of characters and odds are good every need will be met between all the players and PCs.Of course, it also depends on the player too. I knew a guy who designed his character before he rolled ability scores (in 3E), and the rolled scores just didn't work well for the character (he was captain mediocre). The DM strongly suggested he play something else and save the idea for a future campaign (or more likely after captain mediocre died), but the player pushed on... and died in the 2nd session.I annoy those players, because I don't decide what I'm playing until I see the rolls. Some rolls are better for some characters, and I want to build a fun character that will perform well. Rolled in order works well for me, because like the OP, I will find the character hidden with the ability scores <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 6904014, member: 6775477"] I've found it also depends on the kind of campaign. Most campaigns have players using 1 PC for the duration of the campaign (unless they die), and rolled in order doesn't work well for those kind of campaigns (usually the party is missing a standard element - tank, skill monkey, healer, or mage). Old School campaigns where players have several PCs and choose which one to use each adventure work great with this, because you can roll up a couple of characters and odds are good every need will be met between all the players and PCs. Of course, it also depends on the player too. I knew a guy who designed his character before he rolled ability scores (in 3E), and the rolled scores just didn't work well for the character (he was captain mediocre). The DM strongly suggested he play something else and save the idea for a future campaign (or more likely after captain mediocre died), but the player pushed on... and died in the 2nd session. I annoy those players, because I don't decide what I'm playing until I see the rolls. Some rolls are better for some characters, and I want to build a fun character that will perform well. Rolled in order works well for me, because like the OP, I will find the character hidden with the ability scores :) [/QUOTE]

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