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Rolling D&D Stats in Aging Groups - Snowgen - 10-14-2023

Episode 96 of the Dekahedron Podcast was killing a lot of birds with one stone. In it we created a Tunnels & Trolls character but it was also an OSR October episode.  The OSR content was a method of generating the primary six attributes in three aging groups. While we used that technique for T&T, it was really intended to be used for D&D [and other OSR games/retro-clones].

Here is a blog post from 2020 where I originally discussed the idea:
https://vagabondgm.blogspot.com/2020/03/rolling-d-stats-in-aging-groups.html

Interestingly enough, even in that one James treats Charisma as a dump stat. He's a munchkin, I say! Big Grin


RE: Rolling D&D Stats in Aging Groups - NerdsRPG - 10-16-2023

(10-14-2023, 10:18 PM)Snowgen Wrote: Episode 96 of the Dekahedron Podcast was killing a lot of birds with one stone. In it we created a Tunnels & Trolls character but it was also an OSR October episode.  The OSR content was a method of generating the primary six attributes in three aging groups. While we used that technique for T&T, it was really intended to be used for D&D [and other OSR games/retro-clones].

Here is a blog post from 2020 where I originally discussed the idea:
https://vagabondgm.blogspot.com/2020/03/rolling-d-stats-in-aging-groups.html

Interestingly enough, even in that one James treats Charisma as a dump stat. He's a munchkin, I say! Big Grin

His use of the term dump stat is a strong point in your favor!