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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
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 Posted - 09 Dec 2008 : 20:13:26
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| 32 point buy, but to avoid the "average blues" I always use a 16, 15, 13, 12, 11 and a 10 (mixed up as fits the character concept best). |
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Nerfed2Hell
Senior Scribe
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2008 : 21:13:26
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| I'm a traditionalist... 4d6 drop the lowest and assign. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2008 : 23:38:39
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Originally posted by ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
I'm not a fan of point puy because it makes everything average. I prefer play characters that are spectacularly good or spectacularly bad and I do 4d6 drop lowest.
I'm not a cheerleader for point-buy, but you can give yourself really high scores and really low scores with point-buy, too. |
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ErskineF
Learned Scribe
USA
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2008 : 13:58:23
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The 32 point buy system is very misleading. They recommend that most NPCs and Monsters have the ability scores set with either the 11/11/11/10/10/10 or 13/12/11/10/9/8 arrays, which come out to 15 points, or the Elite Array (15/14/13/12/10/8) which is 25 points, so the average PC array (usually averages 16/15/13/12/11/10) would be more than enough to tackle these creatures, even with their bonuses. However, a lot of the heroes and villains published have arrays that in the 45-55 point range. Unfortunately, players see those scores and want to be heroes like that (or be able to defeat the villains) and quickly realize that even with epic levels and magic items, they're still not going to match up.
With the 4d6 drop lowest, there is the chance to get those multiple 18's, which is what most players dream of. (Even the thespians. They like to put it in Charisma.  ) |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 14:06:37
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I believe PC's represent the exceptional individual, as such I've always encouraged high scores. I will allow players to plug in lower scores if they wish for concept purposes. My system is roll 4d6 reroll ones and drop the lowest die, roll one extra time (remember Comliness ) and drop the lowest set, if all scores are less than 16 raise the lowest score to 16 (remember bonus xp). Of course my npc's receive the same treatment, and my monsters typically start the fight with max HP.
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MrHedgehog
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2008 : 17:37:22
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| I prefer the point buy system because it is more balanced. |
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Eremite
Learned Scribe
Singapore
182 Posts |
Posted - 25 Dec 2008 : 12:43:47
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I use point buy for everything:
PCs: 42 points
NPCs: depending on important- 25, 32 or 36 points
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