Rolling for Attributes ?

[lm7w]

I haven't seen anything definitive on that front, so as the title suggests:

Does anybody know if I can roll for my attributes during character creation (you know, as in pen & paper DnD) ?

And if the answer is "no", has Larian ever provided reasoning as to why not ?
(I hope the answer to that one isn't balance because allowing multi-classing without requirements is just broken. At least in regular DnD it would be.)

[Shining_Darkness]

You realize this is based on 5e right? The default stat determination is a point-buy system.

[Cutlass Jack]

Its point buy. But I recommend trying out Solasta if you want 5E with attribute rolling options.

[Ragnar]

Originally posted by Shining_Darkness:

You realize this is based on 5e right? The default stat determination is a point-buy system.

Actually the default is rolling. Point buy is a variant rule that you have to ask your gm to use

[Hairy Coo]

Rolling for attributes is essentially a cheat because you are not bound to take them and can just reroll. Solasta had this option and it felt like a cheat indeed.

[Izuzul]

I'm sure there will be a mod to set your stats to whatever you want. So roll at home and use the mod or just set em all to max/whatever you want.

[Ragnar]

Almost all dnd groups use rolling for attributes since it's the default system. So most dnd players are used to it. Of course you are normally not allowed to roll as many times as you want 😊

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by Ragnar:

Almost all dnd groups use rolling for attributes since it's the default system. So most dnd players are used to it. Of course you are normally not allowed to roll as many times as you want 😊

Well if Solasta taught us nothing else, there's no one around your computer catching you rerolling for an hour.

Point buy makes a little more sense in a computer game. But I don't really mind options.

[[sic!]]

Rolling for Attributes is confirmed to be in the game at launch.

https://twinfinite.net/features/baldurs-gate-3-interview/

[Izuzul]

Originally posted by Skitarii:

Rolling for Attributes is confirmed to be in the game at launch.

https://twinfinite.net/features/baldurs-gate-3-interview/

That post is over 3 years old. People that have played the release version said that they could find no option for point rolling.

[elbentzo]

Originally posted by Shining_Darkness:

You realize this is based on 5e right? The default stat determination is a point-buy system.

You say ``you realize this is based on 5e" as if that implies automatically that it's point buy. Please open your 5e Player's Handbook to page 13 and see the default way of generating ability scores: rolling 4d6 and discarding the lowest one, six times. Point buy system is presented as a variant. Now, I have nothing against it and I know it's quite popular, but please at least don't be so smug when you're spreading misinformation on the internet.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Skitarii:

Rolling for Attributes is confirmed to be in the game at launch.

https://twinfinite.net/features/baldurs-gate-3-interview/

That's not a confirmation.

That article is three years and four months old.

He said that he thinks that they would implement two, maybe three ways of doing it.


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Ed: Can you roll for stats? How will that work?

Walgrave: You can. In the character creation, you can accept what’s there or you can use the point buy option, or you can roll for stats. We’re going to implement I think two or three different ways of doing it.

[Super_]

just mod in the ability to have every stat 18

[Hairy Coo]

Originally posted by elbentzo:

Originally posted by Shining_Darkness:

You realize this is based on 5e right? The default stat determination is a point-buy system.

You say ``you realize this is based on 5e" as if that implies automatically that it's point buy. Please open your 5e Player's Handbook to page 13 and see the default way of generating ability scores: rolling 4d6 and discarding the lowest one, six times. Point buy system is presented as a variant. Now, I have nothing against it and I know it's quite popular, but please at least don't be so smug when you're spreading misinformation on the internet.

It's beyond the point really. Sure, it's old-school way to do it at tabletop. Main drawback of rolling rule is that you can roll very poorly. DM may let you reroll once or twice, but here you can just game the system and it's hard to resist temptation. Point buy makes way more sense for a video game, even though it's a bit boring system.

[nyanko]

Pretty sure a mod will be available not long after launch.

[buttawise]

Originally posted by elbentzo:

You say ``you realize this is based on 5e" as if that implies automatically that it's point buy. Please open your 5e Player's Handbook to page 13 and see the default way of generating ability scores: rolling 4d6 and discarding the lowest one, six times. Point buy system is presented as a variant. Now, I have nothing against it and I know it's quite popular, but please at least don't be so smug when you're spreading misinformation on the internet.

can we be friends?