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D&D General Which ability score would you like to increase to 18 in real life?
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Son of the Serpent
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1. People are not measured by six attributes.
Well sure. They are general abstractions. And nit great ones. But they are general abstractions that are directly tied to your reletive capability in real things that exist.
2. Your anecdotes are just that; as far as I know, there are no studies that accurately reflect the capabilities of TTRPGers - and I'm discussing things as simple as "college graduation rates," let alone "strength" or "health."
Well i told you im not that invested in it. If you are then look into it. If you arent well, that makes two of us. And if i was it wouldnt matter. Ive had more than adequate education to know this is hilariously obvious.
3. Further, I would note that while I was an athlete, I was BY FAR exceptionally uncommon in terms of my own TTRPG experience, and that I was the only athlete/TTRPG player on my high school and college teams. But this was a different time as well. That said, my observations of current conditions and teens seems to show that while some athletes do play TTRPGs, it tends to be more popular with the academic/anime/theater types.
Uncommon things are uncommon. your observations were either abnormal in sample or poor in sensitivity due to method (like not asking anyone perhaps? Being in a clique? The latter is unlikely as you were in multiple interest groups of course im sure. Its an example not an accusation. No insinuation here.) However, jocks absolutely engage in ttrpg. Not as much as someone who is directly the theatre type or perhaps the physics type, but more so than the average person. AND they are more likely to excel in those mentioned areas than the average person. More likely to be in them in the first place. You have to remember to factor for the portions of demographics that other demographics represent an overlap in. Check out how likely a cardiovascular surgeon or an A list actor is to have been a varsity player verses how likely a more typical professional is to have been one. And how likely they are to have played d&d. I bet (woops...i know actually) that your results will be interesting.
If both of us dont really care about this topic though i suppose no legwork is going to be done. Oh well.
@lowkey13
Copy paste was simpler than quoting this time, albeit messier.
Part of this becomes more clear when i add that the brightest nerd in a class (the one whos actually going to be a doctor and not something more typical) is almost always an athlete. In otherwords good genes for athleticism tend to happen in the same people who have the best genes for intellect. Areas of genetic fitness generally correlate with other areas of genetic fitness is the point. Which is why, yes, d&d players actually do tend to be broadly genetically healthy compared to general population. This is pretty simple.
Well sure. They are general abstractions. And nit great ones. But they are general abstractions that are directly tied to your reletive capability in real things that exist.
2. Your anecdotes are just that; as far as I know, there are no studies that accurately reflect the capabilities of TTRPGers - and I'm discussing things as simple as "college graduation rates," let alone "strength" or "health."
Well i told you im not that invested in it. If you are then look into it. If you arent well, that makes two of us. And if i was it wouldnt matter. Ive had more than adequate education to know this is hilariously obvious.
3. Further, I would note that while I was an athlete, I was BY FAR exceptionally uncommon in terms of my own TTRPG experience, and that I was the only athlete/TTRPG player on my high school and college teams. But this was a different time as well. That said, my observations of current conditions and teens seems to show that while some athletes do play TTRPGs, it tends to be more popular with the academic/anime/theater types.
Uncommon things are uncommon. your observations were either abnormal in sample or poor in sensitivity due to method (like not asking anyone perhaps? Being in a clique? The latter is unlikely as you were in multiple interest groups of course im sure. Its an example not an accusation. No insinuation here.) However, jocks absolutely engage in ttrpg. Not as much as someone who is directly the theatre type or perhaps the physics type, but more so than the average person. AND they are more likely to excel in those mentioned areas than the average person. More likely to be in them in the first place. You have to remember to factor for the portions of demographics that other demographics represent an overlap in. Check out how likely a cardiovascular surgeon or an A list actor is to have been a varsity player verses how likely a more typical professional is to have been one. And how likely they are to have played d&d. I bet (woops...i know actually) that your results will be interesting.
If both of us dont really care about this topic though i suppose no legwork is going to be done. Oh well.
@lowkey13
Copy paste was simpler than quoting this time, albeit messier.
Part of this becomes more clear when i add that the brightest nerd in a class (the one whos actually going to be a doctor and not something more typical) is almost always an athlete. In otherwords good genes for athleticism tend to happen in the same people who have the best genes for intellect. Areas of genetic fitness generally correlate with other areas of genetic fitness is the point. Which is why, yes, d&d players actually do tend to be broadly genetically healthy compared to general population. This is pretty simple.
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doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Riiight. Yeah, this is why I was ignoring you. Thanks for the reminder.
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
So, I only skimmed this but didn't see it anywhere, and I have to ask:
WHO ELSE VOTED FOR STRENGTH!?!?!?
I was the only person for a long time, and now I am not alone! I am SO HAPPY!!!
WHO ELSE VOTED FOR STRENGTH!?!?!?
I was the only person for a long time, and now I am not alone! I am SO HAPPY!!!
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Check out “Jocks Machina”
Son of the Serpent
Pupil
'Twas iSo, I only skimmed this but didn't see it anywhere, and I have to ask:
WHO ELSE VOTED FOR STRENGTH!?!?!?
I was the only person for a long time, and now I am not alone! I am SO HAPPY!!!
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
So, I only skimmed this but didn't see it anywhere, and I have to ask:
WHO ELSE VOTED FOR STRENGTH!?!?!?
I was the only person for a long time, and now I am not alone! I am SO HAPPY!!!
Excellent! We muscle-bound brutes must stick together!
I can be Hans, and you can be Franz, and together, we can PUMP THEM UP!!
My personal experience has been that D&D players universally have high Intelligence. I don't think I have ever once known a D&D player* with even average Int, let alone below-average. "Moderately bright" is the low end of the range, and high to very high is typical.
I have not noticed any other significant stat trends. I know some very athletic D&D players and some extremely un-athletic ones. Same for general health, awareness, and social graces.
*Not counting players who got dragged into a session by someone else, played once or twice, and disappeared.
