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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6867267" data-attributes="member: 19675">True.&nbsp; But he isn't failing to cast spells properly due to lack of intellect, he is failing because of self doubt and fear. AFAIK, there is no model for that in D&amp;D- no flaw, or other RP/Mechanical way to model that- but it sure as hell isn't a lack of smarts.&nbsp; And how does the game define Int?Again, being deceptive about what you know has no relation to what your Int score actually is.A &quot;certified genius&quot; is highly unlikely to be 5 Int.Insanity and high IQ are not mutually exclusive.&nbsp; That he always knows the answers means he has a high Int score.&nbsp; That he constantly defers to another being whose demonstrably not as smart indicates a lack of wisdom and sanity.Summing: What I'm seeing is characters whose described &quot;low Int&quot; is so at odds with the game definition of the stat as to be meaningless.&nbsp; It is like you're not even considering the game's basic mechanics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6867267, member: 19675"] True. But he isn't failing to cast spells properly due to lack of intellect, he is failing because of self doubt and fear. AFAIK, there is no model for that in D&D- no flaw, or other RP/Mechanical way to model that- but it sure as hell isn't a lack of smarts. And how does the game define Int? Again, being deceptive about what you know has no relation to what your Int score actually is. A "certified genius" is highly unlikely to be 5 Int. Insanity and high IQ are not mutually exclusive. That he always knows the answers means he has a high Int score. That he constantly defers to another being whose demonstrably not as smart indicates a lack of wisdom and sanity. Summing: What I'm seeing is characters whose described "low Int" is so at odds with the game definition of the stat as to be meaningless. It is like you're not even considering the game's basic mechanics. [/QUOTE]

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