How Does Point Buy Work?

[Hawkson]

I have read in many threads about Point buys of 32 and 25 and the debate goes on and on.


What is the formula for a point buy system?

thanks

 

[Hypersmurf]

All ability scores start at 8.

Spend a point to increase a score by 1.

Spend an extra point to increase a score by 1 above 14.

Spend another extra point to increase a score by 1 above 16.

-Hyp.

 

[Whimsical]

The point buy method is described on pg. 169 of the 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide. But it is not in the SRD.

 

[werk]

DMG pg 169 - Ability Scores, 1. Standard Point Buy and 2. Non-Standard Point Buy.

Basically, you start at 8, then it costs whatever the current ability bonus is to increase the stat by 1, min 1. To go from 8 to 9 costs 1 point, or to go from 17 to 18 costs 3. You have an amount of points to spend however you see fit, usually 15 or higher.

I can attach an Excel sheet I use, of course, you need Excel to use it.
Type in point buy, type in stats, it'll do the rest.

 

[Hawkson]

thanks for the info

i started creating my own excel sheet. lets see how they match up

 

[Question]

I always use this to calculate point buys :

http://pathguy.com/cg35lite.htm

 

[Malum]

I'm a victim of this all the time

my wife points and I go buy easy as pie.

Malum

 

[Teydyn]

my wife points and I go buy

Hell yeah