It's a core part of the early editions of D&D: Roll 3d6 for each stat. Or maybe 4d6 and drop the lowest. What class/species would those numbers work best with?

It's a core part of the early editions of D&D: Roll 3d6 for each stat. Or maybe 4d6 and drop the lowest. What class/species would those numbers work best with? Make up or randomly roll more details. Traveller was infamous for the ability to have your character die before starting the game, but pretty much every early RPG followed D&D's lead in generating a character's basic stats, and possibly more details, with dice.