New Posts For Thread: Ability Score Generationhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_GenerationRecommendation for Basic D&D: Ability Score Generation MethodsDefault Standard Array Method: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10Optional Point-Buy Method: 26-Point BuyAbility PointScore: Cost(18) (50 points)17: 30 points16: 26 points15:Also, note that, in the original rulebooks (i.e. not counting even the Greyhawk supplement), ability scores did very little, mechanically. Prime requisites helped (or hindered) experience (see my post above), a Constitution of 15+ added one point perhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_Generation?post_id=529120579#529120579Also, note that, in the original rulebooks (i.e. not counting even the Greyhawk supplement), ability scores did very little, mechanically. Prime requisites helped (or hindered) experience (see my post above), a Constitution of 15+ added one point perSun, 17 Feb 2013 14:06:03 -0600Rolling 3d6 in order comes from the way the original game was played (cf. Men and Magic, p. 10):"Prior to the character selection by players it is necessary for the referee to roll three six-sided dice in order to rate each as to various abilities, ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_Generation?post_id=529120339#529120339Rolling 3d6 in order comes from the way the original game was played (cf. Men and Magic, p. 10):"Prior to the character selection by players it is necessary for the referee to roll three six-sided dice in order to rate each as to various abilities, aSun, 17 Feb 2013 13:56:38 -0600I can't attest to original D&D as I have never owned it, but as for the rest of pre-WotC D&D, some things to note about ability score generation:AD&D 1e, as mentioned above, was actually much less brutal than people blame it for being - the only plachttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_Generation?post_id=529116553#529116553I can't attest to original D&D as I have never owned it, but as for the rest of pre-WotC D&D, some things to note about ability score generation:AD&D 1e, as mentioned above, was actually much less brutal than people blame it for being - the only placSun, 17 Feb 2013 11:32:08 -0600Actually, there were four official systems for generating stats in AD&D (1e) (five, including rules from Unearthed Arcana) and none of them was straight 3d6 in order. Oddly enough, when the PHB was released in 1978, there were no published rules forhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_Generation?post_id=529112253#529112253Actually, there were four official systems for generating stats in AD&D (1e) (five, including rules from Unearthed Arcana) and none of them was straight 3d6 in order. Oddly enough, when the PHB was released in 1978, there were no published rules forSun, 17 Feb 2013 09:03:05 -0600Actually, there were four official systems for generating stats in AD&D (1e) (five, including rules from Unearthed Arcana) and none of them was straight 3d6 in order. Oddly enough, when the PHB was released in 1978, there were no published rules forhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29750267/Ability_Score_Generation?post_id=529109665#529109665Actually, there were four official systems for generating stats in AD&D (1e) (five, including rules from Unearthed Arcana) and none of them was straight 3d6 in order. Oddly enough, when the PHB was released in 1978, there were no published rules forSun, 17 Feb 2013 07:15:51 -0600