Impossible roll?

[WiseGrimwald]

I have just had a roll on Baldur's Gate without a re-roller. Which I couldn't believe.
What are the odds of a roll like this?

 

[OrlonKronsteen]

Next to impossible. Congratulations! It's much less likely on certain character classes and races. You'll get lower rolls on, say, a generic human fighter, than you will a paladin or elven ranger, as they have minimum stat requirements that the game grants you once you choose that class.

I was pretty darn lucky when it came to rolls (hit 101 twice), but nothing comes close to a 107. I'd say a celebration is in order. The question is, will you still get restartitis with the character?

 

[O_Bruce]

Congrats on the roll!
Calculating the odds of that happening depends on minimal value of the abillity score (for example, if a minimal is 9, rolls below that value would be reaised to 9 as default). And even knowing them, I'm not the math guy and I wouldn't bother making the calculations. I simply consider your a very lucky

 

[OrlonKronsteen]

I vaguely remember someone on the Beamdog forums posting the math some time ago... I can't remember the numbers, of course (though their post may still be there), just that it's truly astronomical - even with a paladin.

 

[JustKneller]

It's 1 in 5,642,219,814,912. If we consider the number of people who bought this game and the number of runs the average person does of it, there's a very, very good chance you're the first person this has happened to, ever. Please don't waste it on a no-reload run. lol

Normally, I calculate dice odds by hand, but the odds of this were so low, I had to use AI to cut to the quick.

 

[WiseGrimwald]

Of course it wasn't for a paladin as the strength would have been in the form: 18/90, not 18.

Next to impossible. Congratulations! It's much less likely on certain character classes and races. You'll get lower rolls on, say, a generic human fighter, than you will a paladin or elven ranger, as they have minimum stat requirements that the game grants you once you choose that class.

I was pretty darn lucky when it came to rolls (hit 101 twice), but nothing comes close to a 107. I'd say a celebration is in order. The question is, will you still get restartitis with the character?

Probably! If I do restart, it will be from Candlekeep. The difficult decision was choosing the dump stat!

In the past I once got 104 for a cleric/ranger, but that was using a re-roller!

I do play this game a LOT, but even so the odds are phenomenal.

 

[BelgarathMTH]

Congratulations.

I got a 106 once. It was for a paladin, so he got an exceptional strength roll. It came up 18/10. (sad trumpet)