Stat arrays

[Halfling Barbarian]

My next campaign is a while off but what are some good stat arrays to use? Is offering an option between 2 or 3 arrays a good idea? And are there any huge downsides to stat arrays?

[blackbloodtroll]

18 13 12 11 7 7
18 12 12 12 7 7
18 12 12 10 8 7
17 15 13 10 7 7
17 15 11 10 8 7
17 15 11 10 8 7
17 14 12 11 8 7
17 13 13 10 10 7
17 12 12 10 10 8
16 15 14 9 8 7
16 15 12 12 8 7
16 14 14 13 7 7
16 14 14 11 8 7
16 14 12 12 10 7
16 13 12 12 10 8
16 13 12 10 10 10
15 15 14 10 10 7
15 15 14 10 8 8
15 15 13 12 10 8
15 14 14 12 10 7
15 14 13 12 10 8
15 14 13 10 10 10
15 13 13 13 13 7
15 13 13 13 11 8
14 14 14 12 12 7
14 14 14 12 10 8
14 14 14 10 10 10
13 13 13 13 13 10

[Bacon666]

What powelevel game do you want?

Use point buy yourself to make 3 even powered arrays (1 SAD, 1 MAD and 1 meh...)

As I see it, with these 3 arrays to pick from, there's no down side... If you only give 1 array, mad chars or sad chars will feel cheated..

[AnnoyingOrange]

Personally I'd avoid super optimized/specialized stat arrays, but it all depends on the kind of game you want to run.

17, 14, 13, 12, 12, 10 = 25 points

16, 15, 14, 13, 10, 10 = 25 points

15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 8 = 25 points

14, 14, 14, 14, 13, 12 = 25 points

relatively a lot of points, but not optimal scores really. It is a good way to avoid stat dumping to an extent.

[tombxoom]

Geek Industrial Complex has a good article on the pros and cons of different point buy arrays at: http://www.geekindustrialcomplex.com/articles/point-buy-arrays

[silverhair2008]

Link

FIFY

[strydr316]

That website was pretty cool-tombxoom