Interesting Ability Score Method

[JeffKnight]

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/349rfr/be_carefull_with_rolling_dice_when_creating_a_1st/cqsnjyv

Saw this in my nightly reading. This looks like a very interesting method.

[Aaron]

That is an interesting method.

I remember my first games of D&D, where you would roll 3d6 down the stat list, and that's what you had. My first Thief character was lowish in dexterity, and had a 3 Charisma. That didn't really matter though, as stats were secondary to the roleplay. I thought it was mind-blowing when our DM gave us the option in another campaign, where we would roll 3d6 six times and put them where we wanted.

[JohnD]

This one time led to the party fighter having a strength of 10 and wisdom of 16, while the cleric had an 18 strength and a 9 wisdom.

[jshauber]

That is an interesting method of doing abilities.

[Griogre]

LOL when we rolled 3d6 down the line we *waited* until after the rolls to decide our classes. ;) You would get things like a wizard with a mediocre Int and good Str since stats didn't originally effect spellcasting. Of course the mods where different too in the 3d6 era - you don't take a minus until 7 or a bonus until 15ish depending on the stat.