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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3123287" data-attributes="member: 3649">With both his mental stats that low, he's quite stupid. Probably stupider than anyone normally ever meets in real life. He's not quite mentally handicapped; he's trainable, but the lessons don't take all that well. Something most people learn in one or two passes will probably take him seven or eight attempts, and there will always be a ceiling that he'll never pass through.He's probably not literate beyond his name and some very simple words. He has a fairly short attention span about things that are of little personal concern to him; survival, his friends, the basics of day to day life, and some sense of placement in the community is about all he'll ever be concerned about.He is probably on the edge of being unable to properly discern cause and effect. He knows a sword hurts, and people die when you stab them right, and has a certain rude understanding of tactics. He's able to be easily fooled, though, especially if someone doesn't use the same trick very often. He knows how to work most common melee and missle weapons, though properly caring for a crossbow is probably beyond him. He is incapable of using most complex tools. He is completely 'direct', though he could be taught a few simple 'tricks' (a lot of feats are in this catagory. I'd say he could never learn something like Weapon Finesse, or Improved Feint). He normally has to have a caretaker of some kind in complex situations. Left to his own devices, he'll blow all his money very quickly once he figures out it will buy him whatever pleasures he can afford. He'll constantly be on the verge of being broke, and if left to himself will probably simply take what he wants.Tied to this, he has trouble thinking logically, or planning for the future. He lives in an endless 'now' of sensory input, emotion and immediate reaction to stimulus. He knows the change of seasons and to prepare for winter, but that's about the extent of it. Routine and tradition are easily understood by him. Left to his own devices, he will rarely vary from a routine, or innovate (though some innovation is possible, usually after a lucky accident; rarely will be dogged or persevere through failure. If something doesn't work the first couple times he tries it, he'll abandon the approach).</blockquote>

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