I have played this years ago with the starter party(since I had no idea back then about D&D) and now decided to revisit the game with a party I made...at character generation though I noticed that I am able to increase stats. Like I could make a human gladiator with full 20 at all stats. Isn't that a bit overpowered? Or do I miss some drawback for being able to add more to the stats?

I got suspicious whether the game has some exploit over there or not.

Anyone can enlighten me?

Ah I see. I was considering that my starting party would be quite OP when I maxed everything considering I beat the game with the starter party years ago. Maybe the effect will not be as devastating as I thought.

Thanks for the reply!

As a historical note, I believe the scores could be adjusted to allow players to enter in their characters from pen-and-paper roleplaying.

I remember as a child when i played Shattered Lands even with raising all the stats to maximum i still couldn't beat the last fight. still had fun though. :)