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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7962403" data-attributes="member: 29398">This is actually a problem with the mechanics of having bonuses be linear where the stats are on a bell curve.The peak of the bell curve, for Humans, is 10.5, meaning 8 and 13 are actually the mirrors, not 8 and 12; and also meaning that by the time you get down to 8 or up to 13 you're a long way down or up the chart of the population's percentile...because it's a bell curve.  Almost half the population fits in the 9-12 range.Which means that saying an 8-Wis character is only 10% less wise than a 12-Wis character is very misleading for roleplay purposes.If the stats don't inform the roleplaying then what's the point?I my view, if your character sheet says you've Int 8 and you roleplay your character as if it had Int 16 (particularly if you're in a game where the DM doesn't use checks and instead relies on the players to think things out) then you're not playing in good faith, end of story.That's just sheer luck, which happens, and the PC might be justifiably proud of itself for pulling this off while the rest of the party cheer him on.But that doesn't mean the PC just turned into Adonis and can suddenly start going around flexing its mighty biceps and bodybuilder physique!  It's still a weakling.I'm going to be informed by both.</blockquote>