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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 491165" data-attributes="member: 527">In the Freeport series of modules its mentioned that a character inflicted with a type of insanity drops to zero Wisdom and is essentially inactive, consumed by some sort of nightmare.&nbsp; I was thinking about how this works out, and I'm not sure it exactly does.&nbsp; I started a thread a couple months back called something like &quot;The Meaning of Wisdom&quot; which had some interesting comments in it.&nbsp; I noted that there's a big gap in the Wisdom table; that the average Orc is WIS 8 and the next lowest creature is a Shrieker at WIS 2.&nbsp; So what is the meaning of WIS 5 or so?&nbsp; My favorite suggestion was that the victim's perception of reality is becoming so distorted that they might see an advancing Troll or a nearby cliff, but not consider either to be actually dangerous.&nbsp; Anyway, it seems by the time you are WIS 2 you can respond in kinda a binary way to outside stimulus, but by the time you are WIS 1 (Gelatinous Cube) you just go happily about your amoeba-like business.&nbsp; Your ability to make a wise plan about the future has diminished to utterly nothing.Anyway, this works ok for WIS damage and it simulates an insanity that's like Catatonia.&nbsp; (If Catatonia is not what you want, then I wouldnt suggest going down the WIS damage road.&nbsp; Unless you find a good answer to the Wisdom question above. ;-)&nbsp; Its definitely a tricky business, I look forward to any really cool suggestions people come up with.&nbsp; Surely the Call of Cthulhu game must have all kinds of good stuff?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 491165, member: 527"] In the Freeport series of modules its mentioned that a character inflicted with a type of insanity drops to zero Wisdom and is essentially inactive, consumed by some sort of nightmare. I was thinking about how this works out, and I'm not sure it exactly does. I started a thread a couple months back called something like "The Meaning of Wisdom" which had some interesting comments in it. I noted that there's a big gap in the Wisdom table; that the average Orc is WIS 8 and the next lowest creature is a Shrieker at WIS 2. So what is the meaning of WIS 5 or so? My favorite suggestion was that the victim's perception of reality is becoming so distorted that they might see an advancing Troll or a nearby cliff, but not consider either to be actually dangerous. Anyway, it seems by the time you are WIS 2 you can respond in kinda a binary way to outside stimulus, but by the time you are WIS 1 (Gelatinous Cube) you just go happily about your amoeba-like business. Your ability to make a wise plan about the future has diminished to utterly nothing. Anyway, this works ok for WIS damage and it simulates an insanity that's like Catatonia. (If Catatonia is not what you want, then I wouldnt suggest going down the WIS damage road. Unless you find a good answer to the Wisdom question above. ;-) Its definitely a tricky business, I look forward to any really cool suggestions people come up with. Surely the Call of Cthulhu game must have all kinds of good stuff? [/QUOTE]

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