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Do you discuss with your players what type of character they each would like to play? Or are you just coming up with random characters for them?

What I've noticed about the BGB point-buy method is that, while it ensures a character isn't absolutely terrible in any particular stat, it also prevents a character from having any really fantastic stats. So you won't have any wimps or idiots, but you also won't have any geniuses or physical marvels either.

What I usually do is roll up 10 to 15 characters at once using an online die roller, then pick out the set or sets of stats that best meets the concept I'm working on.

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Do you discuss with your players what type of character they each would like to play? Or are you just coming up with random characters for them?

What I've noticed about the BGB point-buy method is that, while it ensures a character isn't absolutely terrible in any particular stat, it also prevents a character from having any really fantastic stats. So you won't have any wimps or idiots, but you also won't have any geniuses or physical marvels either.

What I usually do is roll up 10 to 15 characters at once using an online die roller, then pick out the set or sets of stats that best meets the concept I'm working on.

I haven't discussed the characters with the players because my players specifically told me they like to be surprised. However, I also noticed that the BRP point-buy generates very mediocre characters. In fact, the CoC core rulebook pregens are made quite a bit more robust than that which can be created with the point-buy system. I like your idea about just rolling a number of sets, etc.

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Here's the die roller I use:

http://wstryder.org/coccg/

Select "Boring Old Humans." The creature creator lets you roll up to 100 individuals at a time, ranging in competence from "Absolutely pathetic" to "Out of This World." I use "Average" for average Joes, "Fantastic" or ""Awesome" for pulp heroes and low-powered supers, and "Fantastic" or "Mighty" for full supers. "Out of This World" feels a bit too much like cheating, unless I really want a team-whipping villain or mega-monster.

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Here's the die roller I use:

http://wstryder.org/coccg/

Select "Boring Old Humans." The creature creator lets you roll up to 100 individuals at a time, ranging in competence from "Absolutely pathetic" to "Out of This World." I use "Average" for average Joes, "Fantastic" or ""Awesome" for pulp heroes and low-powered supers, and "Fantastic" or "Mighty" for full supers. "Out of This World" feels a bit too much like cheating, unless I really want a team-whipping villain or mega-monster.

Excellent. Thank you, Seneschal. This looks like a great resource. :)

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I've never had players request CoC pregens before... but if I did, I'd probably use something like the CoC Character Generator App or Byakhee to do some of the work for me.

My players are all married professional types with little extra time for making characters.

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