Point Buy?

[MesiDoomstalker]

Whenever I play in a game with point buy, I typically use HeroForge, which tells me what my current scores are in Point Buy. Tables have turned and I'm the DM this time around, but can't seem to find where in the PHB point buy is described so I can direct my players (all fairly new to D&D) to look and see. After some rolling mishaps, several players have terrible stat spreads and don't qualify for rerolls. I decided it was better to give a point buy then letting some reroll. Does anyone know where point buy is explained in the books, or at least how much each +1 is worth?

[The Dark Fiddler]

Here you go. (http://emrilgame.netau.net/Dmstuff/pointbuy.html)

[hymer]

The reason you can't find it is because it's in the DMG. p. 169. :)

[MesiDoomstalker]

The reason you can't find it is because it's in the DMG. p. 169. :)

BAH! Silly designers, putting things for players inside the book for DMs.

[Diarmuid]

Well, it's a variant rule and there are many variants spattered throughout all of the books.

The PHB contains quite a few ability score generation methods so I hardly think the fault lies with the designers.

[Rubik]

I usually give players a choice of one of two arrays: one for MAD classes, and one for SAD classes. For instance, you'd have to choose between 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8 and 16, 16, 14, 14, 14, 10.

Or you could have every player roll their stats (6 x 4d6 drop the lowest) and all players can choose which set of rolls out of the six they want to use for their character.

[MesiDoomstalker]

I usually give players a choice of one of two arrays: one for MAD classes, and one for SAD classes. For instance, you'd have to choose between 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8 and 16, 16, 14, 14, 14, 10.

Or you could have every player roll their stats (6 x 4d6 drop the lowest) and all players can choose which set of rolls out of the six they want to use for their character.

We did rolling, 4d6, reroll 1s and drop the lowest. It still ended poorly. Decided Point Buy would be more fair. I also gave them a larger point buy, as one player was severely dismayed at not being able to play a Monk with his horrific stat spread (15 and five 13s). Oddly, after Point Buy he decided on a Shaper Psion.

[Rubik]

We did rolling, 4d6, reroll 1s and drop the lowest. It still ended poorly. Decided Point Buy would be more fair. I also gave them a larger point buy, as one player was severely dismayed at not being able to play a Monk with his horrific stat spread (15 and five 13s). Oddly, after Point Buy he decided on a Shaper Psion.I think he just wanted a psion with a better spread. :smalltongue: