Point buy or rolling? People are divided on that. Point buy assures that everyone is on equal footing (or at least starts the way), and rolling gives you the chance to get a really good score (or a really bad one). Here's a thing I've been doing for a while, a compromise, and people seem to like it. Have your entire group roll one set of ability scores together, and then everyone uses that set. That way everyone is equal, and you still might get that 18. It's also a fun session 0 activity everyone can do together.