[quote=Lady Squee]
I feel like that would undermine the entirety of the stats I rolled for everyone. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, though.
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In D&D, the stats contribute to the roll modifier, which I honestly never liked. If my character has a 13 in some stat, and someone has a 12, my character should be just a little bit better in that stat, instead of exactly the same. I suppose the actual difference might be negligible, but it's still a bit annoying.