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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1551715" data-attributes="member: 463">INT &amp; IQ - these days, looking at IQ bell curves vs 3d6 and typical D&amp;D distributions, I'd advocate something like INT 10 = IQ 100, each +/- 1 INT = +/- 5 IQ.&nbsp; So INT 18 would be IQ 136-140, INT 3 would be IQ 61-65.&nbsp; This doesn't work for INT 0-2 which are mostly used for animals and such (I seem to recall chimpanzees tested for IQ scoring 35 or so), but seems to work ok for higher INTs.INT&nbsp; IQ3&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 61-654&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 66-705&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 71-756&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 76-807&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 81-858&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 86-909&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 91-9510&nbsp;&nbsp; 96-10011&nbsp;&nbsp; 101-10512&nbsp;&nbsp; 106-11013&nbsp;&nbsp; 111-11514&nbsp;&nbsp; 116-12015&nbsp;&nbsp; 121-12516&nbsp;&nbsp; 126-13017&nbsp;&nbsp; 131-13518&nbsp;&nbsp; 136-14019&nbsp;&nbsp; 141-145If these seem too low you could add +4 to all the scores (so INT 10 would be IQ 101-105), or take a different baseline.&nbsp; In 1e INT 8-10 was described as &quot;Average&quot;, so you could make INT 9 = IQ 100 if you wanted.The one thing I'd emphasise is that making 1 pt INT = 5 pts IQ, whatever the baseline, gives much more plausible results for (uncoached) IQ scores than making it = 10 pts.&nbsp; Both on a 3d6 roll and in almost every campaign world, INT 18 is vastly more common than IQ 180 is IRL - IQ 180 is vanishingly rare, far less than the 1 in 216 you get from the 3d6 roll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1551715, member: 463"] INT & IQ - these days, looking at IQ bell curves vs 3d6 and typical D&D distributions, I'd advocate something like INT 10 = IQ 100, each +/- 1 INT = +/- 5 IQ. So INT 18 would be IQ 136-140, INT 3 would be IQ 61-65. This doesn't work for INT 0-2 which are mostly used for animals and such (I seem to recall chimpanzees tested for IQ scoring 35 or so), but seems to work ok for higher INTs. INT IQ 3 61-65 4 66-70 5 71-75 6 76-80 7 81-85 8 86-90 9 91-95 10 96-100 11 101-105 12 106-110 13 111-115 14 116-120 15 121-125 16 126-130 17 131-135 18 136-140 19 141-145 If these seem too low you could add +4 to all the scores (so INT 10 would be IQ 101-105), or take a different baseline. In 1e INT 8-10 was described as "Average", so you could make INT 9 = IQ 100 if you wanted. The one thing I'd emphasise is that making 1 pt INT = 5 pts IQ, whatever the baseline, gives much more plausible results for (uncoached) IQ scores than making it = 10 pts. Both on a 3d6 roll and in almost every campaign world, INT 18 is vastly more common than IQ 180 is IRL - IQ 180 is vanishingly rare, far less than the 1 in 216 you get from the 3d6 roll. [/QUOTE]

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