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[5e] Dice Mechanic with Point Buy RNG? (ttrpg.network)
submitted 2 years ago by Aegeus@ttrpg.network to c/3d6@ttrpg.network
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Hello everyone,

I thought it would be nice to have a dice mechanic for 5e’s character creation with an output more similar to the point buy system, since the default dice mechanic leads to overall higher stats. This could be a system with the same output range as point buy as well as one that still offers the possibility of rolling very high numbers (16-18) but with a higher probability to roll very low than 4d6 drop lowest.

Do you already know of such a dice mechanic? Or could you maybe provide a source for the probabilities of a stat having a certain number in the point buy system, so as to make it comparable to 4d6 drop lowest? The latter would give a starting point to play around with dice.run in order to create a system as desired.

Thank you all very much in advance!

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[–] Aegeus@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Independently from common choices for point distribution, I was thinking more of how often certain stats end up with certain numbers out of all possible combinations how points could be spent.

[–] Kayana@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't think I understand what you mean, might be because we're both ESL.

Are you saying you want a histogram or something about how points can be spent, instead of how players do spend them?

[–] Aegeus@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago

That sounds right