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I mean, honestly, the whole idea of "dump stat" has always been about the attribute you could set low (whether because of some point...

It happens. It isn't point based broadly, but setting an attribute low to set another high is not different in any way to what you'll...

I don't see any reason to be coy about this; how people play is largely their own business (as long as you acknowledge RPG gaming is...

What in the world made you think I was only talking about D&D? And as far as that goes, its not like no D&D edition has never done a...

Mine says First Edition, August 1989.

Because mine had the problem, and as I recall I bought that hardcover as soon as it was available to do so. I wouldn't say it was...

Yup. And some people avoid games with psychological disadvantage mechanisms for the same reason. I think I'm going to present my...

Well, in some cases, its not a hypothetical. People trying to sidestep their in-character social or intellectual lacks has not exactly...

I'll note you've hopped systems and made an assumption I was never making in my posts ("rolled"). I again ask, how intrinsically is a...

I'm currently working on converting the D&D 3.5e Eberron adventure Eyes of the Lich Queen to revised 5e, and I'm noticing all sorts of...

This whole discussion is one of the reasons i prefer skills based games. Heck, even 3.x D&D based skills are better than 5e "skill"...

Wisdom was always the oddest-man-out of the traditional D&D stats anyway. Its not a coincidence you virtually never see it in systems...

Everyone can't have the same core stat. People need to share a little. :D The nature of the six stats is a very odd bit of accreted...

As I averred, its a particularly dumb or uncharismatic character who is regularly being played as smarter or smoother than they are...

Fiction is filled with examples of "dumb" characters having moments of clarity and insight and coming up with solutions that catch...