D&D 5E Removing INT, replacing it with?

[FrogReaver]

Just remove intelligence and let wizards and artificers use wisdom. There's not a mental stat that makes sense for Wizards to use to cast that isn't overly broad like int or too narrow or just outright nonsensible.

Then for skills take all the knowledge skills and remove and stat bonus from them - instead grant certain classes proficiency in them and if proficiency is gained from another source then expertise.

Bard = History
Cleric = Religion
Druid = Nature
Wizard = Arcana
Ranger = Nature

That would leave wisdom with animal handling, investigation, insight, perception, survival and medicine.

Presumably you could even branch off something a few of those skills - possibly perception and animal handling into skills not tied to ability scores.

 

[le Redoutable]

just to mention :
Teachers and Students ===> Int and Wis
where
Student ===> Int = Scholarship Level x Tolerance/Smartness
Teacher ===> Wis = Understanding x Dedication