create random stats based on the characters class and race
        This looks up the tables from CharacterCollection to get
        base stats and applies a close random fit

def random_stats(self, all_stats, race, ch_class):
        """
        create random stats based on the characters class and race
        This looks up the tables from CharacterCollection to get
        base stats and applies a close random fit
        """
        
        # create blank list of stats to be generated
        stats = []
        res = {}
        for s in all_stats:
            stats.append(s['stat'])
            res[s['stat']] = 0
        
        cur_stat = 0
        for stat in stats:
            for ndx, i in enumerate(self.classes.dat):
                if i['name'] == ch_class:
                    cur_stat = int(i[stat])  # use stats for this class as baseline
            for ndx, i in enumerate(self.races.dat):
                if i['name'] == race:
                    cur_stat += int(i[stat])  # use stats for this race to modify base stats
            #print(stat, cur_stat)
            if cur_stat < 1:
                cur_stat = 1
            elif cur_stat > 10:
                if stat not in ('Health', 'max_health'): # dont trim down health
                    cur_stat = 10
           
            res[stat] = cur_stat
        
        return res