Positives of Rolling for Stats
  • fun
  • enables detailed character customization


Negatives of Rolling for Stats
  • can create OP characters relative to the game. However, this is one of the situations where "don't use it if you don't like it" is actually applicable. It's the same as save-scumming. Also in BG3, Larian's homebrew ~overwhelms character stats, making optimized characters closer in power level to "average" characters than PnP.
  • can create OP characters relative to other players. However, this is irrelevant if you're playing single-player, and if you're playing multiplayer then your friends can just do it too. It's not like PnP where if the DM only allows a single roll, one player can end up with [18 18 17 16 14 14] and another player with [12 11 11 10 9 6]