Int score

[nokameeno2002]

We are having a bit of a debate in our gaming group concerning the effect a 9 INT has on a character. One faction believes that score has no real impact on a characters speech. The other group believes that there would be an impact on the characters speech.

This debate came about in a strange way. We were discussing one of the player characters and found that he had a 9 INT and I had been playing NeverWinter Nights and that is were I saw the speech issue with a 9 INT...I had stated that I thought it was in the Players Handbook. I have since informed the group that I was wrong. Just looking for feedback here.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

The average "B" high school student probably has a "9" INT or so...

( you have to remember that this is JUST below average! )

Worry about speech issues at 6...

 

[Crothian]

Speech and intelligence are linked, sort of. So, a character with a 9 might have speech difficulties, but so could someone with a 15. Or a person with a 6 could have no speech problems. So, it really depends on how you want to play him.

 

[DerianCypher]

The average "B" high school student probably has a "9" INT or so...

( you have to remember that this is JUST below average! )

Actually, a "C" is average so a "B" is above average

 

[Buttercup]

I think that an intelligence of 9 would indeed have an effect on speech, but it would be subtle. For example, such a person wouldn't use polysyllabic words if there were a shorter choice. He might make comments like "well, that's a 5 gold piece word, that is," if one of his companions used 'fancy' words. The 9 INT character would be able to get along just fine in life, but would be bored by intellectual or philosophical discussions, since such things would be over that character's head. He or she probably would be uncomfortable around scholars and wizards, dismissing them as 'ivory tower thinkers' who lack the common touch. He would not be good at complicated calculations, and might parrot the opinions of someone who was charismatic, without having the wit to understand that those opinions were illogical, bigoted, or just plain stupid.

In other words, think about the average US citizen. That's what an INT of 9 looks like.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Actually, a "C" is average so a "B" is above average

You are correct, but mis-understanding me. You can average any group correct? My example refers to an average ( mean/mode - whatever -close enough ) within a group exclusively composed of "B" ( READ 3.0 avg ) students.

 

[Oni]

It has been my experience that a person intelligence is displayed more in what they have to say, rather than how they say it.

 

[Fayredeth]

I do not think that an Intelligence score of 9 would be causing the person to have a speech impediment, but they would be using basic sentences and common words. They would not necessarily be speaking incorrectly; that comes with how one is educated, how one is spoken to. If everyone says "no" instead of "not," then the person, no matter how intelligent, will be saying "no." "Big words" are used less often, and the person does not pick up the correct meaning of the words as quickly as a more intelligent person would, and thus refrain from using them, as he or she does not know exactly what they mean. When he or she does use a "big word," it has a greater chance of being used incorrectly, because he or she requires more repetitions of the word be used correctly to be able to use the word for him- or herself.

 

[Breakstone]

Hey now, I've got a 9 intellephant and I never use Gargantuicious words uncorrectably!

 

[SpuneDagr]

LOL!!!