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Sure, but that suggests a pretty one dimensional interpretation of "low int". Also, people should definitely play with other people...

Yeah, and past a point you can kiss my lily-white goblin if you think you get to tell me how to do that. I'm playing the game for my own...

It's still really easy to get stuck with the bad INT here and not have 'picked it'. People swap stats to move good stats into places...

An 8 Int is slightly below average. I played an 8 Int rogue in 4e. He was uneducated and intellectually incurious, and I told the DM...

Ah, there we go. See, I don’t think there is such a thing. There is roleplaying…lots of it, really…that I don’t appreciate, and much...

Huh. I find it dull and colorless to consider the six attributes the most important determinants of a character. If I were to describe...

Not if the DM/GM doesn't allow them to bypass the checks. In general I don't really buy arguments that depend on "...and then imagine...

To give GMs and players an idea of the range of actions to which....wait for it...you would apply a die roll modifier.

All of the stats (maybe Strength least so) are way too broadly defined for there to be any rules/expectations about how certain numbers...

You’re free to introduce examples from other RPGs, but I don’t think it’s fair to ignore examples from the currently most played RPG.

I think it’s meant to be like “force of personality” or something… but yeah, breaking down the spectrum of human ability into six...

Silly old bear

I answered that question already. General descriptions that do their best to cover what the designer sees as important. It's a not a...

I don't know what the GM's reason is for violating table expectations to control my character's choices. Why do you assume it's...

Just use the original (i.e ancient greek) meaning, beloved of the gods or divine favour, and it works just fine. It's mostly the...