Character Generation

[Solomoriah]

When my players roll characters, I don't use any die-boosting methods (like 4d6, drop the low die, as is so often used in "advanced" games). But I don't make my players play a character with more penalties than bonuses, which often results in striking a set of rolls and rolling again three, four, sometimes as much as seven times to get a "playable" character.

Standing in the shower the other night, I got an idea.

Let's call this "Method Zero:"

Roll 3d6 six times. For each roll, write down the bonus or penalty. Here's an example:

11 +0
13 +1
11 +0
10 +0
7 -1
4 -2

Total the bonuses and penalties; if the total is negative (and in this case, it is -2), then deduct every number from 21:

10 +0
8 -1
10 +0
11 +0
14 +1
17 +2

Voila! One set of rolls and you're done. The resulting character will never be worse than average, but is not guaranteed to have all good rolls either.

[Dimirag]

I like it, pretty simple, I've seen games using the score or bonus total as a measure of "minimum acceptable values" but they tend to fix it with either a "roll again", "increase one stat", etc...

I've tries using different dice formulas but never like it the probabilities they showed...

[Hywaywolf]

If you are going to play straight up 3d6 then this is a great way to handle it.

[MedievalMan]

I'm liking, this idea!

[chiisu81]

That's quite an interesting way to do it

[black1blade]

That's really interesting.

[SerGavin]

It works very well.

[Maliki]

I like it!

[Jandolar]

That's actually pretty darn good. I do have to ask though.... do you often think about character creation in BFRPG while in the shower?

[Solomoriah]

That's actually pretty darn good. I do have to ask though.... do you often think about character creation in BFRPG while in the shower?

... that's kind of a personal question.