Alyosha: I'm not 100% sure what you mean, IwubCheeze, but there's no 'press here to max stats' button in the EE version. I'm pretty sure gnarbrag is just referring to the usual 'reroll-until-you-get-a-good-number' method. The EE versions do show you your total points, which can be useful, but otherwise the system is the same as the originals.
IwubCheeze: If gnarbrag rolled a pally with 99 points, then it's unlikely the EE system is the same as the original. On my several playthroughs of IWD with many more characters created, I have NEVER seen a roll even remotely as high as 99 attribute points.
Your stats are raised to meet the minimum requirements for a class and since paladins have the highest requirements, they are more likely to have higher stats.
Fighters, Mages, thieves and Priests on the other hand need only a single '9' so they aren't as likely to get high stats.
Picking Halfling or Elf will also give you slightly higher stats because of their racial stat minimums. (only Humans can be paladin so you can't stack the benefit)
(My Paladin has 18/84 Str in case anybody's wondering)
