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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8464356" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Ugh no thanks. This would be a flag for me to reconsider playing with a DM. Not a deal breaker by itself, but it’s something that will lead to conflict. &nbsp;The reasons for that are;1. no, Forrest Gump did not have an 8 Intelligence. Or, rather, for any argument you can make that he did, someone else could argue just as convincingly that he had a 6. &nbsp;2. My PC, my call. Period. The DM doesn’t get a vote. As a DM, I would never try to tell a player how they’re going to play thier character, how they have to interpret anything on their character sheet in terms of roleplay, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;3. There is no necessity that Intelligence must be defined in the way you are defining it. None of the stats perfectly map to any given single definition of the real world term being used.&nbsp; &nbsp;4. Even if I did suggest that a PC “roleplay their stats”, the average is 8-12. It would be just as weird for someone to play Int 12 as noticeably above average as it would be to play Int 8 as Grog Strongjaw.5. There is a lot of offensive stuff that happens when people of typical mental faculty try to pretend to be mentally disabled. As a very intelligent person with a learning disability, who has been called stupid and lazy as often as I’ve been told I’m brilliant by people who don’t know or care what either label can do to someone’s self image, I will not tolerate disrespect to people with mental disabilities. &nbsp;Telling players how to roleplay thier stats is bunk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8464356, member: 6704184"] Ugh no thanks. This would be a flag for me to reconsider playing with a DM. Not a deal breaker by itself, but it’s something that [I]will[/I] lead to conflict. The reasons for that are; 1. no, Forrest Gump did not have an 8 Intelligence. Or, rather, for any argument you can make that he did, someone else could argue just as convincingly that he had a 6. 2. My PC, my call. Period. The DM doesn’t get a vote. As a DM, I would never try to tell a player how they’re going to play thier character, how they [I]have[/I] to interpret anything on their character sheet in terms of roleplay, etc. 3. There is no necessity that Intelligence must be defined in the way you are defining it. None of the stats perfectly map to any given single definition of the real world term being used. 4. Even if I did suggest that a PC “roleplay their stats”, the average is 8-12. It would be just as weird for someone to play Int 12 as noticeably above average as it would be to play Int 8 as Grog Strongjaw. 5. There is a lot of offensive stuff that happens when people of typical mental faculty try to pretend to be mentally disabled. As a very intelligent person with a learning disability, who has been called stupid and lazy as often as I’ve been told I’m brilliant by people who don’t know or care what either label can do to someone’s self image, I [I][B]will not[/B][/I] tolerate disrespect to people with mental disabilities. Telling players how to roleplay thier stats is bunk. [/QUOTE]

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