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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Monty Haul character generation in new editions?
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 18:23:33 +0100
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On 11/8/2024 2:23 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 11/5/2024 8:28 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> In article <vf2p2b$cbs8$2@dont-email.me>, dchmelik@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've read about newer Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) dice rolling methods for
>>> character generation for ability scores, but now there's one using 5D6?!
>>> Maybe roll five and drop two?  How is it anything other than Monty 
>>> Haul?!
>>
>> I guess you're not familiar with the rolling method in the 1st edition
>> Unearthed Arcana.
> 
> 9d6!  The courageousness of it.
> 
> 5e I think most use either point buy or the default array, so no rolling 
> at all.  Really that's been true since 3.5e at least.
> 

and in 7th ed. they are gonna go diceless