This sounds really good. Makes dump-stating much more of a gamble, for one thing.minstrel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:30 am We're planning to use a variant of 6 x 3d6 where you roll a 3d6, pick which stat to assign it to, roll another, etc. until you've filled every slot.
Kind of a nice middle ground between 3d6 straight down and 3d6 arrange to taste, where you get a little mini-game of "do I want that 14 in str, or hold out for a 15+?".
When I first saw the thread title I figured this was going to be about a non-rolled array (for example 8, 10, 12, 12, 14, 16). The problem is, you can't do that with BF because the stats never go up at higher levels so unless you started with a really high array, no one would ever have 17s and 18s unless they used a Wish spell or something. BF characters really should be rolled.
I use 4d6 and drop lowest, arrange as desired. But I have found things like background, class features, spell, armour and weapon choice, companion animals, actual use of skills, etc, to be far more important during the game than a few ability bonuses here and there. Some players (kids especially) get fixated on the ability scores, but it's worth steering them away from that idea, if you can.