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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3501433" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>Yeah, pawsplay has it right. EN Worlders are, on average, slightly above the average curve of mental stats. Gamers in general are typically decent to superb in terms of intellect, and run the gamut when it comes to wisdom and charisma, mainly because we're often geeks or the like rather than folks who make a living as nothing more than high-school graduates (or dropouts).</p><p></p><p>And with the number of really, really smart people I've seen posting here (and really wise or really charismatic folks), I'm very much inclined to expect the typical EN World poster to have stats of 12 on average. Not everyone posts a lot in the General forum, y'know, and EN World has many other forums where the smart folks tend to congregate online.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, some folks here seem to be forgetting that D&D assumes the average Medieval commoner to have stats of 8 or 10 on average. Modern folks are generally better educated, raised in healthier conditions, provided some modicum of exercise during their entire childhood, and have access to broader opportunities than the average Medieval peasant stuck in the horrible, filthy, unfortunate rut that their family has been in for generations because of some noble's dictates and force of knights to maintain them.</p><p></p><p>The average modern person is smarter and healthier than the average D&D fellow. Ergo, the average modern person has stats that average an 11 or so, varying with wealth (the wealthier folks who maintain some motivation for success, as opposed to the idle rich, may average a 12 or 13 thanks to the resources at their disposal, to develop their physique or mental faculties as far as they're naturally able).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also: keep in mind that the average gamer does not post at EN World. Most do not, and instead the typical EN World poster is someone of very decent or good mental faculties. Many average gamers may be lurkers here, but most of us that post on a frequent basis are reasonably smart or reasonably well motivated (so very unlikely to be unintelligent dopes). I have a high opinion of most EN Worlders because I know they're generally decent folks or at least fairly intelligent in most cases. Joe Average doesn't bother posting on the internet about his occasional hobby, and Joe Average isn't a geek or gamer. Joe Gamer doesn't post much to the internet about his geeky hobby, and probably spends more time playing video games or computer games. Joe EN Worlder posts frequently or semi-frequently and is really interested in his geeky hobby, spending more time than most gamers on actually thinking about and discussing the game, and spending less time on actually playing video/computer games (and this applies for posters on some other internet forums of course, though not all).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3501433, member: 13966"] Yeah, pawsplay has it right. EN Worlders are, on average, slightly above the average curve of mental stats. Gamers in general are typically decent to superb in terms of intellect, and run the gamut when it comes to wisdom and charisma, mainly because we're often geeks or the like rather than folks who make a living as nothing more than high-school graduates (or dropouts). And with the number of really, really smart people I've seen posting here (and really wise or really charismatic folks), I'm very much inclined to expect the typical EN World poster to have stats of 12 on average. Not everyone posts a lot in the General forum, y'know, and EN World has many other forums where the smart folks tend to congregate online. Also, some folks here seem to be forgetting that D&D assumes the average Medieval commoner to have stats of 8 or 10 on average. Modern folks are generally better educated, raised in healthier conditions, provided some modicum of exercise during their entire childhood, and have access to broader opportunities than the average Medieval peasant stuck in the horrible, filthy, unfortunate rut that their family has been in for generations because of some noble's dictates and force of knights to maintain them. The average modern person is smarter and healthier than the average D&D fellow. Ergo, the average modern person has stats that average an 11 or so, varying with wealth (the wealthier folks who maintain some motivation for success, as opposed to the idle rich, may average a 12 or 13 thanks to the resources at their disposal, to develop their physique or mental faculties as far as they're naturally able). Also: keep in mind that the average gamer does not post at EN World. Most do not, and instead the typical EN World poster is someone of very decent or good mental faculties. Many average gamers may be lurkers here, but most of us that post on a frequent basis are reasonably smart or reasonably well motivated (so very unlikely to be unintelligent dopes). I have a high opinion of most EN Worlders because I know they're generally decent folks or at least fairly intelligent in most cases. Joe Average doesn't bother posting on the internet about his occasional hobby, and Joe Average isn't a geek or gamer. Joe Gamer doesn't post much to the internet about his geeky hobby, and probably spends more time playing video games or computer games. Joe EN Worlder posts frequently or semi-frequently and is really interested in his geeky hobby, spending more time than most gamers on actually thinking about and discussing the game, and spending less time on actually playing video/computer games (and this applies for posters on some other internet forums of course, though not all). [/QUOTE]
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