Originally Posted by rodeolifant
But, I think I said this before actually, what's the point of rolling then?
I mean, by that rationale, you might as well have a counter that says how many points you want for your point buy, all the way up to 15 in each ability.
All the way up to 18! wink

And yes ...
That is called infinite point buy, and some of us (well, probably just me) are advocating for it for quite some time by now. laugh

Originally Posted by Potatoo
The purpose is to keep the game balanced and not let people cheat.
Ballance is just fancy word that sounds nicely. smile
DnD never was, still its not, and never will be Ballanced.

Stat rolling is not cheating, in fact its the original and most core and raw way to set your statistic ...
We get you dont like it, but that is your business, not ours ... so, it have no place in our game. wink

I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. frown
Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are! frown