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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrZombie" data-source="post: 1555380" data-attributes="member: 15640">Basically, int 3 is what you as a GM make it.  I don't think it's as easy as using a 3d6 bell-curve to represent the distribution of intelligence in society, so your statistical analysis, while being very nice (and I couldn't do it if my life depended on it) might be a bit far-fetched.. For me, (wich is no better or no worse than anyone elses opinion) int 3 is the lowest possible for a human being. Think about that for a minute. We're talking about severe mental retardation. Down Syndrome at its worst. The village idiot. In western society these are not the people you see when walking down the street. These are the people that are permanent residents in an institution. Int 4-5 are those that are able to work in sheltered conditions and that need almost constant care. 6-7 are the unfortunates of this world, able to function in society but not intelligent enough to make anything out of their lives without someone to help them. These are the people we call dumb, stupid. They are able to read at a slow pace.  A good example for int 3 would be the big guy with the mask in 'beyond the thunderdome', Mad Max II or III for the oldies amongst us. An attention span of fifteen seconds, inability to understand complicated words, unable to count, unable to follow simple directions, forgetting to feed their animals, or being very carefull for their animals and gettign upset if something happens to'em, unable to understand that sometimes other things are more important then feeding their animals right now. Getting angry and upset when something interferes with their daily routine of feeding their animals. In short : abnormal, dysfunctional people. I don't allow them in my game. It's just too easy to turn the whole game into a slapstick, unless that's what you're aiming for. But then again, that's just me</blockquote>

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