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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6107390" data-attributes="member: 1465">I would just say that if WIS &gt; INT, then you've probably noticed things before starting to search for them.But overall, I wouldn't mind to see Search (Int) simply be removed completely from the game, i.e. merged with Spot (Wis) into a single skill e.g. Search (Wis).I think Search (Int) historically has a couple of reasons for being in the game. One of them is because presumably it should help Rogues, assuming they already have high Int for other tasks (disable traps and open lock mostly). The second is because of famous literature characters such as Sherlock Holmes, which is supposed to be very intelligent and use his Int for searching for clues. But he could just as well be both a high-Int and high-Wis character, using Wis for observations and Int for deductions.Fact is, the more I think about it, the more Search (Int) feels a bit wrong... it's just a habit after decades of D&amp;D to assume it makes sense, but personally I know a lot of very intelligent educated people (high Int) who are otherwise absent-minded (low Wis) and who are not good at searching things, or noticing them when they are actively searching and they happen to be under their nose!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6107390, member: 1465"] I would just say that if WIS > INT, then you've probably noticed things before starting to search for them. But overall, I wouldn't mind to see [I]Search (Int)[/I] simply be removed completely from the game, i.e. merged with Spot (Wis) into a single skill e.g. [B]Search (Wis)[/B]. I think Search (Int) historically has a couple of reasons for being in the game. One of them is because presumably it should help Rogues, assuming they already have high Int for other tasks (disable traps and open lock mostly). The second is because of famous literature characters such as Sherlock Holmes, which is supposed to be very intelligent and use his Int for searching for clues. But he could just as well be both a high-Int and high-Wis character, using Wis for observations and Int for deductions. Fact is, the more I think about it, the more Search ([I]Int[/I]) feels a bit wrong... it's just a habit after decades of D&D to assume it makes sense, but personally I know a lot of very intelligent educated people (high Int) who are otherwise absent-minded (low Wis) and who are [I]not[/I] good at searching things, or noticing them when they are actively searching and they happen to be under their nose! [/QUOTE]

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