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<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 225300" data-attributes="member: 1008"><p>Hong's "Bogus" and other discussions on people giving themselves high stats leads me to post my hypothesis on why it is so easy to do so (and, at the same time, why it is easy to rationalise that your PC should have 18s in everything).</p><p></p><p>What if you are generally impulsive and often do rash/stupid/annoying things (low Wis and/or Cha), but when the proverbial really hits the fan, you are clear-headed, make smart decisions without pause and your friends defer automatically to your leadership (high Wis and Cha).</p><p></p><p>One of the guys in my group has his hands shake uncontrollably whenever he needs to do anything requiring fine dexterity (seriously, its like he's coming down hard off something). Wouldn't ever let him near a trap, or try and get him to pick a lock. Must have low Dex (althoug, admitedly, Disable Device is Int, bit anyhoo...). However, he may well be incredibly agile, and able to doge attacks with ease (dunno, never seen him in a serious fight).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, my point is, it is very easy to require high stats of youself to represent your real strengths - and if those strengths are spread in diverse areas, most stats may need to be high - even if those same stats need to be low to represent weaknesses.</p><p></p><p>Ability scores in any game system will be able to effectively sum up very, very few real or fantastic characters easily.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, my stats, sticking as close to standard array as I could justify to myself are:</p><p></p><p>Str: 10</p><p>Dex: 10</p><p>Con: 13</p><p>Int: 14</p><p>Wis: 13</p><p>Cha: 14</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 225300, member: 1008"] Hong's "Bogus" and other discussions on people giving themselves high stats leads me to post my hypothesis on why it is so easy to do so (and, at the same time, why it is easy to rationalise that your PC should have 18s in everything). What if you are generally impulsive and often do rash/stupid/annoying things (low Wis and/or Cha), but when the proverbial really hits the fan, you are clear-headed, make smart decisions without pause and your friends defer automatically to your leadership (high Wis and Cha). One of the guys in my group has his hands shake uncontrollably whenever he needs to do anything requiring fine dexterity (seriously, its like he's coming down hard off something). Wouldn't ever let him near a trap, or try and get him to pick a lock. Must have low Dex (althoug, admitedly, Disable Device is Int, bit anyhoo...). However, he may well be incredibly agile, and able to doge attacks with ease (dunno, never seen him in a serious fight). Anyway, my point is, it is very easy to require high stats of youself to represent your real strengths - and if those strengths are spread in diverse areas, most stats may need to be high - even if those same stats need to be low to represent weaknesses. Ability scores in any game system will be able to effectively sum up very, very few real or fantastic characters easily. Anyway, my stats, sticking as close to standard array as I could justify to myself are: Str: 10 Dex: 10 Con: 13 Int: 14 Wis: 13 Cha: 14 [/QUOTE]
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