OK, the title is a bit hyperbolic, but let me try to explain where I'm going here. In our games, we typically roll 4d6 drop lowest, but really any method of random rolling would work.
My PCs stats are 18, 16, 14, 11, 10, 9, after racial bonuses and using the level 4 stat bump.
We've been playing several sessions as a group, up to about level 5 now. On Saturday, I happened to notice some of the other character sheets. One guy has stats of 20, 18, 17, 16, 14, 14. The other has 18, 17, 15, 15, 13, 13. I think. Those 14s and 13s might have been switched, but no matter. Point is, their stats are way higher than mine.
And I didn't notice it during game play. Never impacted how I ran my PC. But if I am to believe a lot of people, I should feel cheated? I should feel gimped? I should feel like I can't play my character the way I want because he can't compete? These are all frequent arguments I've heard against random stat gen. (whether or not they cheated isn't important; that's the DM's job to worry about that, not mine).
So honest question for those who have made those arguments. If you don't know what stats another PC has, how does that ruin your fun? Because from what I can see, it really doesn't impact the actual game play of your PC if you don't know how many +'s they have. When you're rolling a random result between a 1 and 20, and extra +1 or +2 won't even be noticeable unless you're really paying attention and doing the math in your head, and why would you? It's not your PC.
My PCs stats are 18, 16, 14, 11, 10, 9, after racial bonuses and using the level 4 stat bump.
We've been playing several sessions as a group, up to about level 5 now. On Saturday, I happened to notice some of the other character sheets. One guy has stats of 20, 18, 17, 16, 14, 14. The other has 18, 17, 15, 15, 13, 13. I think. Those 14s and 13s might have been switched, but no matter. Point is, their stats are way higher than mine.
And I didn't notice it during game play. Never impacted how I ran my PC. But if I am to believe a lot of people, I should feel cheated? I should feel gimped? I should feel like I can't play my character the way I want because he can't compete? These are all frequent arguments I've heard against random stat gen. (whether or not they cheated isn't important; that's the DM's job to worry about that, not mine).
So honest question for those who have made those arguments. If you don't know what stats another PC has, how does that ruin your fun? Because from what I can see, it really doesn't impact the actual game play of your PC if you don't know how many +'s they have. When you're rolling a random result between a 1 and 20, and extra +1 or +2 won't even be noticeable unless you're really paying attention and doing the math in your head, and why would you? It's not your PC.
Saw another player's character sheet Saturday. OMG I've been cheated!
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