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<blockquote data-quote="abirdcall" data-source="post: 6767461" data-attributes="member: 6748898">Story time. I played in a game recently, where against my recommendations we rolled stats.I had an 8 int and a 6 wis. I played my character as not being able to remember much in the way of facts. This didn't preclude me from sometimes having brilliant ideas or speaking in a convincing manner (15 cha and expertise in Deception helped there). They did tend to not pay attention to their environment and were quite impulsive.This was my interpretation of those stats for my character. Another player had rolled very high stats and their int was their dump stat at 12. They played their character like he was as dumb as bricks, so much so that he spoke in broken english and with a funny voice, and said that was what represented a 12 int. Obviously we disagreed.It is not okay to dictate to someone how to play their character based on what their stats are and for the record and 8 int is really not that low. We're looking at bachelor level of education if desired. Heck, higher levels are still attainable if you have the money.Why can't I play an 8 int character with expertise in arcana and history? It's perfectly in the rules. And if I can, what does that tell you about what intelligence means?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="abirdcall, post: 6767461, member: 6748898"] Story time. I played in a game recently, where against my recommendations we rolled stats. I had an 8 int and a 6 wis. I played my character as not being able to remember much in the way of facts. This didn't preclude me from sometimes having brilliant ideas or speaking in a convincing manner (15 cha and expertise in Deception helped there). They did tend to not pay attention to their environment and were quite impulsive. This was my interpretation of those stats for my character. Another player had rolled very high stats and their int was their dump stat at 12. They played their character like he was as dumb as bricks, so much so that he spoke in broken english and with a funny voice, and said that was what represented a 12 int. Obviously we disagreed. It is not okay to dictate to someone how to play their character based on what their stats are and for the record and 8 int is really not that low. We're looking at bachelor level of education if desired. Heck, higher levels are still attainable if you have the money. Why can't I play an 8 int character with expertise in arcana and history? It's perfectly in the rules. And if I can, what does that tell you about what intelligence means? [/QUOTE]

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