Xeviat
Dungeon Mistress, she/her
"Book smarts" is more about Skill proficiencies than it is about the Int stat itself. Because Intelligence is related to the knowledge skills and investigation, the Intelligence stat is clearly memory and the ability to infer things from incomplete knowledge. Someone with the max rolled starting Intelligence of 18 is going to have the same bonus to knowledge type stats as a level 1 trained person with an Int 14. The Int 18 person has no training in this knowledge skill, but has remembered enough and can make logical guesses to be correct as often as a quite bright person who has actually studied.
On reflection, I'm not sure IQ tests are measuring Wisdom as D&D defines it. I've never administered IQ tests, though, so I may have to acquiesce to the expert here. I just think that Wisdom's Perception, Insight, and Handle Animal skills show more of an attachment to instinct than to memory. I feel like reasoning is Int, instinct is Wis.
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On reflection, I'm not sure IQ tests are measuring Wisdom as D&D defines it. I've never administered IQ tests, though, so I may have to acquiesce to the expert here. I just think that Wisdom's Perception, Insight, and Handle Animal skills show more of an attachment to instinct than to memory. I feel like reasoning is Int, instinct is Wis.
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