Another thing I dug up from other forums that I want to keep a track of was a discussion on non-random character generation for Dragon Age.
My take was a point buy system.
Purchase Points: 20
Ability = Cost
-2 = +1 (gives more points)
-1 = 0
0 = 1
1 = 2
2 = 3
3 = 5
4 = 8
This can make for some good spreads:
Average:
2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1
Typical:
3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1
3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0
Focused:
4, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1
4, 4, 2, 0, -1, -1, -1, -2
