Let’s assume 10 is an average person and 30 is world class
- Strength
- Dexterity
- Constitution
- Intelligence
- Wisdom
- Charisma
17 str. 10 dex. 10 con. 17 int. 10 wis. 6 cha.
In my 20s i realized I had to spend a feat getting persuade proficiency to make up for my “maybe on the spectrum” social abilities.
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This is the perfect reply to someone with a 6 charisma.
In my mind, charisma is easily the hardest one to improve. The rest you can grind out or get better with age but Charisma is tough
I got my strength from going to the gym 3 hours per week for years.
If I joined an amateur theatre group or something similar that practiced 3 hours per week I’m sure it would improve after a few years.
I think mine would be around average in most:
- 7 Strength
- 9 Dexterity
- 8 Constitution
- 12 Intelligence
- 11 Wisdom
- 8 Charisma
I would probably focus on Intelligence and Wisdom, but I think having a higher charisma would be also be very nice
My group did a multi-shot where we played ourselves, and we each set each other’s stats. Each of us took a turn being DM so we could each play ourselves.
Mine was something like 8, 9, 8, 14, 12, 8
I’d have to dig up that ancient sheet to know for sure.
Then I spent a decent chunk of the campaign trying to build a phone charger out of random things you’d find in Chult.
Hmmm. If 10 is average and 30 is world-class…
- Strength: 13. I’m a big and fairly muscular guy who goes to the gym regularly.
- Dexterity: 10 (+1). I’m not clumsy, but I’m no gymnast, either. Strictly average, all things considered. I give myself one bonus point on account of being ambidextrous.
- Constitution : 12. Again, regular at the gym. Should probably do more cardio, though.
- Intelligence: 15. I’m a software developer, I’m working on being bilingual, and I have a lot of varied interests. You’ll also note that I can spell and use punctuation properly, which is sadly outside the norm. I’m not bragging, I know I’m well above average in intelligence.
- Wisdom: 10. I’m not the stereotype of a book-smart-but-foolish person, but I’m also smart enough to know I’m not winning any hypothetical wisdom awards. I’ve made average amounts of boneheaded mistakes.
- Charisma: 12 (+1). I’m a better-than-average public speaker, and I have it on good authority (my wife) that I’m reasonably handsome. I also get the (completely unfair) tallness modifier.
All in all, my D&D stats would be pretty decent. Nothing anywhere near the peak of human potential, but not bad.
That tallness modifier is more real for me than I ever realized growing up. Wish I had made better us of that earlier in life. The 4-eyes bonus helped my INT too.
Follow up question: You say that 10 is average and 30 is world class, but what kind of distribution are we talking about, and what is the variance?
If I’m the strongest guy in a randomly selected group of 100, I’m far above average, but still miles away from being world class, but does that put my strength at closer to 15 or closer to 20? (Please note: I would not be the strongest in a random group of 100, unless all the other 99 happen to have severe muscle atrophy)
This some 18INT nerd shit
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Depends on your charisma stat…
I assume around 20 is compete at national level. Almost 30 is compete at international level.
- Str: 8
- Dex: 10
- Con: 12
- Int: 11
- Wis: 10
- Cha: 12
Pretty boring tbh, I don’t get sick very often at all and can forrest gump it for ages. My Cha at 21 would probably be 11 but I do think I’ve developed a decent amount just through life experience/learning how to build rapport quickly with new colleagues and acquaintances who have become friends
- 10 STR
- 10 DEX
- 10 CON
- 10 INT
- 6 WIS
- 6 CHA
Think of the default model that appears in character creators.
10 STR - Used to be 14 when I worked out.
12 DEX - Used to be 16, but I’ve kind of stiffened up with age.
10 CON - Average. Always has been.
12 INT - I wouldn’t be able to get paid loads for the occasional perl hack if I wasn’t. However, see below.
8 WIS - See below.
8 CHA - See below.Int and wis might be the other way around. My experiences leads me to conclude that I’m reasonably smart, but still prone to stupid decisions. I’m not sure if I have wisdom that makes up for lack of interest, or if lack of wisdom sabotaged my int. My will save is awful, though.
As for charisma, I am OK looking, but I severely lack social skills. I have what you’d call charisn’tma.
charisn’tma
well put. and I feel this.
So on a scale of 1-30? Not 1-18?
Okay then:
- STR 4
- DEX 6
- CON 17
- INT 18
- WIS 21
- CHA 12
For justification:
I can’t lift most things people can, in many ways im less strong than comparable in terms of height cis women. I’m a clutz but can occasionally display dexterity like dodging out of the way of something or catching a difficult casual throw of some object.
I recovered from surgery about 2 months ahead of schedule, I frequently just ignore the fact food is expired and eat it and I’m fine most of the time, never been seriously sick or broke a bone and have put my body through absolute hell in terms of circumstances and drugs and am fine.
I wouldn’t say I’m smart but I do work in cybersecurity and am learning hacking which requires a lot of brain effort, so I suppose being able to keep up with that must mean I’m fairly above average.
Wisdom I’d say I’m pretty high on, I can connect between disparate ideas and cross-domain knowledge fairly easily and intuitively.
My charisma is okay when I am dunking and roasting people, I have a good sense of humour, but I’m not very convincing, I’m a critic.
- Str 3
- Dex 5
- Con 4
- Int 5
- Wis 4
- Cha 2
D&D characters are capable of superhuman feats even with standard stats, so I’d estimate mine pretty low.
I’d love to re-spec. Take away some dexterity and wisdom and put some in charisma
I wish we could trade. I’d give you some CHA if it meant I could stop injuring myself.
- STR 10
- DEX 10
- CON 8
- INT 12
- WIS 8
- CHA 8
I have absolutely mediocre stats, but the player is using slightly loaded dice. Not enough that everything is a 20, but enough that I have very few 1s.
- Strength 6
- Dexterity 6
- Constitution 2
- Intelligence 20
- Wisdom 16
- Charisma 2
I’d wish to reroll my stats or at least try a different build
I have always said if I could pick my stats I’d like to be as dumb as a box of rocks with charisma through the roof. It’s like a god damn super power.
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Strength: 9
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Dexterity: 10
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Constitution: 11
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Intelligence: 15
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Wisdom: 13
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Charisma: 10
(i think this depends a lot on how you imagine the average person)
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