77IM and Jurph have done the math in regards to Point Buy stats and come up with a big list of all the possible variations you can do with the default’ish 22 point buy as well as their ‘value’ in terms of bonuses.
As it turns out you can make some ‘bad’ choices in this regard and end up with a variance of +/- 4 bonus points to your starting abilities and powers.
The arrays that give you the most total bonus, +8 total, are as follows -
- 16 14 12 12 12 10
- 16 13 12 12 12 12
- 15 14 12 12 12 12
- 14 14 14 14 12 8
- 14 14 14 14 10 10
- 14 14 14 13 12 10
- 14 14 14 12 12 11
- 14 14 13 13 12 12
The first one isn’t far off the standard array that I use, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10 which is a +7Â bonus. I may instead allow players to just pick one of the above arrays if they wish as the most cost effective way to build a character. Â With the racial bonuses the first two allow any character to get an 18 in a starting attribute if they want to go that route.
Any way, I thought this interesting enough to collect here for my further perusal. Have fun with it if it also floats your boat.
