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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8189844" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Mostly, I agree, but there isn't anything else so.... <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Unless you are simply saying you feel any comparison of a game mechanic score to real people is in poor taste to you? Some people find it so, personally I have no issues with quantifying people's abilities/ features.The only issue IMO is that each ability represents SO many different things! Going back to AD&amp;D:[ATTACH=full]132230[/ATTACH]So, it is &quot;similar to&quot; but also includes other things. Even I.Q. tests recognize they can only measure certain aspects of intelligence, no single test is unified.Anyway, for 5E I prefer to also think that your ability scores represent your ability to apply strength, intelligence, etc. (either activity or passively) to any task or need rather than some comparative score.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8189844, member: 6987520"] Mostly, I agree, but there isn't anything else so.... 🤷‍♂️ Unless you are simply saying you feel any comparison of a game mechanic score to real people is in poor taste to you? Some people find it so, personally I have no issues with quantifying people's abilities/ features. The only issue IMO is that each ability represents [I]SO[/I] many different things! Going back to AD&D: [ATTACH type="full" width="764px"]132230[/ATTACH] So, it is "similar to" but also includes other things. Even I.Q. tests recognize they can only measure certain aspects of intelligence, no single test is unified. Anyway, for 5E I prefer to also think that your ability scores represent your ability to apply strength, intelligence, etc. (either activity or passively) to any task or need rather than some comparative score. [/QUOTE]

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