Ooh. Why did you not swap the WIS/CON score? From a pure powergamer perspective that would be much more effective, extra HP is better than some lore bonus. Since he has no cleric levels that WIS score seems a waste, unless ofcourse you want to RP that your guy is very worldly and wise for some reason. ^^
Poor guy, rolls a 99, then 15 minutes later someone opens a thread and showing their new reroll open source app that does the job for oyu.
IMO, using reroller app == using Shadowkeeper or CLUA Console. Not that I particularly care what others do, but if I got a roll like the OP I wouldn't care in the slightest that hordes of people using an external program could achieve the same or better.
@Mikkel I don't consider mindlessly spamming a button while staring at the screen like a zombie for hours and hours in order to get a good roll an achievement. It's one of the most tedious activities known to mankind, so having an app that does this menial task for you is a very welcome addition.
@Mikkel I don't consider mindlessly spamming a button while staring at the screen like a zombie for hours and hours in order to get a good roll an achievement. It's one of the most tedious activities known to mankind, so having an app that does this menial task for you is a very welcome addition.
Oh indeed, I'm not saying you're not allowed to use the re-roll app or that there's something wrong with it, I'm just saying that to me, it doesn't matter which method you use to manipulate your stats - it's all in the same category (cheating) to me. But like always with these things, what others do doesn't affect me - so I don't care how you generate or modify your character.
It's not really mindless - it's actually good excercise for the brain to sort out the "immediate toss" results from the "add these up" results and generally speaking "hours and hours" is hardly whats required to come up with some very good stats.
Even if it took an hour (which it rarely does) I see that as a worthwhile investment in a game that will take over 100 hours to complete and whether others see it as an achievement or not I feel better about rolling for results on several levels - not the least of which is the fact that I do not know what I am going to end up with until I press the "accept" button which is the whole point of rolling to begin with.
Couldn't agree more, but then exercising your brain and/or math skills is not something that's wildly popular, more's the pity.
Incidentally, here's to playing with a character that's NOT maxed out (or near enough) in everything. Really, try it. It's liberating, and you appreciate your NPC companions more when they're as good as, or better, than you in a fight.
We count the roll a bit differently here, basically we set all stats to 10 (no penalties or bonuses) and count the leftover points. 24 or more is ideal as it lets you max primary stat and 2 others. Anyway, my brother was starting a BG2 multi-player game with a friend of his once and when his friend had rolled for like half an hour and got a roll of 32 he was quite pleased with himself... then my brother got 38 in just four rolls and in less than a minute. The mind-shattering frustration that followed was hilarious.
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I was just making a character for a Black Pits party, but now I think it's mandatory to do a solo run to thank the Goddess of Fortune.
That's max charisma bonus with Friends after the Tome, and an 18 Wisdom in BG2 just in case he ends up negotiating pacts with otherworldly entities.
Even if it took an hour (which it rarely does) I see that as a worthwhile investment in a game that will take over 100 hours to complete and whether others see it as an achievement or not I feel better about rolling for results on several levels - not the least of which is the fact that I do not know what I am going to end up with until I press the "accept" button which is the whole point of rolling to begin with.
Couldn't agree more, but then exercising your brain and/or math skills is not something that's wildly popular, more's the pity.
Incidentally, here's to playing with a character that's NOT maxed out (or near enough) in everything. Really, try it. It's liberating, and you appreciate your NPC companions more when they're as good as, or better, than you in a fight.
We count the roll a bit differently here, basically we set all stats to 10 (no penalties or bonuses) and count the leftover points. 24 or more is ideal as it lets you max primary stat and 2 others. Anyway, my brother was starting a BG2 multi-player game with a friend of his once and when his friend had rolled for like half an hour and got a roll of 32 he was quite pleased with himself... then my brother got 38 in just four rolls and in less than a minute. The mind-shattering frustration that followed was hilarious.