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lowkey13
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Personally, I see it as a problem because, as a player of the game, the whole point of the game is to leverage your (personal) Intelligence (with a little Wisdom and Charisma on the side). The game CAN'T leverage your personal Strength (unless you're shaking down the DM!) or your personal Constitution (ability to keep playing after 15 hours of Doritos and Dew aside). So you have a couple options.I don't want to get to side-tracked, but there's one ... small issue I see with your argument. Trouble is, no one can credibly make that argument for any other ability score. For example-
"Look, Frodo McWeakling has a 6 strength, but he's really dextrous, so, um, something something he can lift the boulder!"
"Look, Tater of the Couchlings has a 5 charisma, but he has a 15 strength, so people naturally like him because he's strong, and therefore think he's a leader!"
The problem comes up because it's hard to credibly play something you're not. Call it the "Simple Jack" problem. So, either you (as you state) "dump" in intelligence and play as yourself (which you're probably, to some extent, doing anyway), or you're not getting the Oscar because you went full {quote from movie}.
Obviously you need a higher strength to lift this problem.While I would agree with what you wrote, I cannot see it as a problem, because of my 5 intelligence.
I don't want to get to side-tracked, but there's one ... small issue I see with your argument. Trouble is, no one can credibly make that argument for any other ability score. For example-
"Look, Frodo McWeakling has a 6 strength, but he's really dextrous, so, um, something something he can lift the boulder!"
"Look, Tater of the Couchlings has a 5 charisma, but he has a 15 strength, so people naturally like him because he's strong, and therefore think he's a leader!"
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Whereas I would have to disagree that "high Wisdom" and "short-sighted" go anywhere near each other. In general, it's why I think it's a bad idea to generalize personality traits from stats. Having a 20 Intelligence and 20 Wisdom does not preclude you from being a hothead, not does a 10 Int / 10 Wis preclude you from being a steady, levelheaded thinker.Dumping Intelligence but leaving Wisdom high means you are going to be ruthless and devious, but generally short-sighted in strategy. You think 1 move at a time, and if that fails, you have to react instead of using Plan B, C or XXQ you thought up ahead of schedule. So while I agree substitution of stats directly to compensate doesn't make sense, neither does believing Intelligence is related to making a single plan of action 5 minutes before you storm the cave to rescue the prisoners more than Wisdom.