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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7180921" data-attributes="member: 4937">Knowing something is a hazard is wisdom.  Explaining why it is a hazard or even something as basic as how you know it is a hazard is intelligence.  It might be a good start to explaining the way I utilize the mental skills in my games to quote myself from an earlier conversation on the relationship of alignment to mental attributes:"Intelligent: Intelligent people are more likely to have thought out a sophisticated and coherent version of their beliefs and to be able to express exactly what they do believe and why. The less intelligent the character, the less coherent their explanation for what they believe is likely to be, and the less sophisticated is their description of their beliefs. That doesn't however make them less likely to behave 'well', for whatever their alignment describes as 'well'.  Wisdom: High wisdom people are better able to understand the implications of their own beliefs, recognize when choices are consistent with their beliefs, and will themselves to follow the dictates of their beliefs even when that choice would be hard. The higher your wisdom, the more likely you are to consistently act the way you state that you should act. Low wisdom people are less able to understand the implications of their own beliefs, more likely to misjudge how they should behave, and less able to follow the dictates of their own beliefs even when they want to. It doesn't mean that they are inherently less good, it just means that they fail more often and less conscious of their failures. Once they recognize their own failures, they'll sincerely try to rectify them. It's worth noting that the higher your wisdom, the more 'depraved' it is to consciously decide to do what you know is not right, and the greater the moral hazard risked by that choice. Conversely, very low wisdom people might not even know their own hearts enough to know even what their alignment is. Charisma: High charisma people are better able to represent themselves as persons of their alignment to others, better able to persuade others that they are behaving reasonably, and generally more likeable regardless of the fact that their beliefs may differ than your own. Low charisma people on the other hand generally poorly represent themselves as members of their alignment, less able to persuade others that their beliefs are reasonable, and generally more odious regardless of your views about their beliefs. Members of the same alignment may consider them embarrassing, and members of opposing alignments may use them as stereotypes of the wrongs of that alignment - regardless of whether or not the person actually commits said 'wrongs'."I agree with that point.</blockquote>

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