Explanation of Ability Scores

[FireLance]

Considering that an 18 Int occurs in about 1 in 216 random rolls, it amounts to "smartest in the village."

This is where I would make a distinction between "method used to generate PCs/NPCs" and "actual distribution of ability scores in the population". The existence of point buy, the "standard array" and the "elite array" in 3e makes the distinction between the two even more stark.

 

[Slife]

My brain hurts. Did I fail a fortitude save, will save, or both? I'm lost.

Lost? Must have been a survival check.