17's generally don't matter more than 16's; they both grant +3 bonus.
Now there are some popular exceptions; mountain dwarves starting with 17 Str/Con to get two 18's at level 4, any character aiming for a +1 half-feat like Heavy armour mastery, or players with meta-knowledge of certain stat buffing eyeballs.
Wasnt it her hair? As a side note we should be able to kill Ethel and eat her corpse for that buff Swen!
