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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8467606" data-attributes="member: 29398">Literacy is an interesting aspect here.In medieval society (which many D&amp;D settings are based on at least to the lip-service level) literacy was very uncommon among the general non-elite populace; nothing to do with intelligence and lots to do with access to avenues of learning.&nbsp; What this means in game terms is that illiteracy does not necessarily reflect lack of intelligence: I can play a high-Int illiterate character just fine while at the same time I can play a literate character who is otherwise only slightly more intellectual than a rowboat, as both are well suited to the setting.As for using traits and behaviors rather than stats to reflect a low intelligence, isn't that just shifting the perceived problem from one place to another?I at all times reserve the right to play an idiot.Further, I at all times reserve the right to play like an idiot.(these two things are not unrelated!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8467606, member: 29398"] Literacy is an interesting aspect here. In medieval society (which many D&D settings are based on at least to the lip-service level) literacy was very uncommon among the general non-elite populace; nothing to do with intelligence and lots to do with access to avenues of learning. What this means in game terms is that illiteracy does not necessarily reflect lack of intelligence: I can play a high-Int illiterate character just fine while at the same time I can play a literate character who is otherwise only slightly more intellectual than a rowboat, as both are well suited to the setting. As for using traits and behaviors rather than stats to reflect a low intelligence, isn't that just shifting the perceived problem from one place to another? I at all times reserve the right to play an idiot. Further, I at all times reserve the right to play [I]like[/I] an idiot. [SIZE=1](these two things are not unrelated!)[/SIZE] :) [/QUOTE]

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