Recent content by Lakesidefantasy

Well, we're talking past each other here so let's clear that up. First, I don't advocate for the Classic method. Random characters generated through the Classic method are fun to make and play, but we have to be willing to relinquish our agency as Players in this part of the game. I like it...

"...in the place it will least matter..." Yeah, I agree. It's like dumping the trash; we're dumping the low score somewhere we can forget about it. Because we're dumping it in an Ability that will least matter, that's what makes it a dump score rather than simply a low score. One way to avoid...

Thank you for this effort. As long as we can agree on the extrapolation then we can compare all of the arrays. Another way to compare them, independent of extrapolation, is comparing total modifiers. That would mean some of the 65 possible 27-point arrays are lesser than others.

For the record I would allow you to lower your Wisdom score to anything less than what you rolled. But your not getting anything for it. I detest dump scores.° ° Low scores are not dump scores. Dump scores are scores that are low in order to make other scores high.

Interesting doodles. You should see a doctor about that. Maybe a priest.

It's random enough to make people complain about it. 🙃

You can test your random numbers for bias by generating 10,000 of them, then the average should be 3.5.

I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. This reduces the landscape of possible score arrays from 54,264 to 12,232. A reduction in diversity of 42,032 but I can live with 12,000 arrays. I rolled up the base scores for three Monks: Monk A, equivalent to 25 points (Str 10, Dex 15, Con 14...

I use the official sheet from the Players Handbook. I don't put the full text of features and traits on the sheet, just range, saves, effects, etc. I also clearly indicate what is a bonus action and what is a reaction. I also make a list of bonus and reactions in the combat box. I also divide...

I really love character generation methods. Particularly ones that leave it out of our control to some extent. It's a process of discovery, like watching an unknown seed grow to see what blooms. Here I present a really beautiful one. The Harrow Character Generation method was created by a user...

Friend, you want the Dice Point method. Try it! You like spending points, it's got that; you like randomization, it's got that too! The Dice Point method has got you covered. You roll 1d4+1d6+1d8 for each ability score, in order! But before you do that, you get 5 points to spend on your...

Yeah, I was thinking about this today. The classes are each dependent upon one or more abilities, but they also have multiple scores that they are not dependent on. So, we make sure they stay low in order to make other scores higher. We "dump" them so to speak, because you can't really dump...

For those of you out there claiming that Roll-With-Dice People come up with some pretty creative ways to avoid rolling badly, well yes. Here is a partial list of various rolling methods we were testing about 10 years ago on the Paizo message boards. I will say though that the Point Buy method...

The problem I see here is you were forced to make a cookie, I mean a monk of average Strength, average Charisma, and below average Intelligence. You had very few options after ensuring that this monk had a 16* in both of its Primary Abilities. After that, you had about 15 different ways you...

In Pathfinder Society my first character was Throckmorton, a fighter built on a 20 Point Buy° just like everybody else. I'm not an optimizer so by 12 level he was chucking out 30-40 points of damage a round while others were doing 100+ points a round. It was embarrassing. Pathfinder (and 3.5...