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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7156653" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>I posted something like this a little over a year ago in a rather contentious thread. Interest in this sort of thing came up again more recently in another thread, and a suggestion was made to organize such a table by ability score modifier. Here's the result:</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>Score </strong><em>(frequency using 'averaging' dice +1)</em></td><td><strong>Bonus</strong></td><td><strong>Range of Deviation IQ</strong></td><td><strong>Fantasy Rating</strong></td></tr><tr><td>1 <em>(0.00%)</em></td><td>-5</td><td>1-10</td><td>'Non'-intelligent or not ratable</td></tr><tr><td>2-3 <em>(0.00%)</em></td><td>-4</td><td>10-28</td><td>'Animal' intelligence</td></tr><tr><td>4-5 <em>(0.00%)</em></td><td>-3</td><td>28-46</td><td>Semi-intelligent</td></tr><tr><td>6-7 <em>(0.46%)</em></td><td>-2</td><td>46-64</td><td>Low intelligence</td></tr><tr><td>8-9 <em>(11.11%)</em></td><td>-1</td><td>64-82</td><td>Dull-witted</td></tr><tr><td>10-13 <em>(76.84%)</em></td><td>+0 / +1</td><td>82-118</td><td>Average (human) intelligence</td></tr><tr><td>14-15 <em>(11.11%)</em></td><td>+2</td><td>118-136</td><td>Highly intelligent</td></tr><tr><td>16-17 <em>(0.46%)</em></td><td>+3</td><td>136-154</td><td>Genius intelligence</td></tr><tr><td>18-19 <em>(0.00%)</em></td><td>+4</td><td>154-172</td><td>Supra-genius intelligence</td></tr><tr><td>20+ <em>(0.00%)</em></td><td>+5 or more</td><td>172+</td><td>Godlike intelligence</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table><p>The table is designed for a population with scores generated using the 'averaging' method rather than 3d6, which I believe was always a method for generating exceptional rather than general characters. The ratings come from or are inspired by those which appear in the original Monster Manual (1977) and the Stanford-Binet (1916) classification, which I believe was in part the inspiration for Gygax's ratings, being the only IQ classification ever to use the term 'genius'.</p><p></p><p>My posting this here in no way implies that I believe that PC ability scores should be used to limit the action declarations of players, but it is my hope that such a table can be helpful, especially to DMs when deciding the actions of monsters as is the apparent intent of the original table in the MM (1977).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 7156653, member: 6787503"] I posted something like this a little over a year ago in a rather contentious thread. Interest in this sort of thing came up again more recently in another thread, and a suggestion was made to organize such a table by ability score modifier. Here's the result: [TABLE="width: 790, align: left"] [TR] [TD][B]Score [/B][I](frequency using 'averaging' dice +1)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"][B]Bonus[/B][/TD] [TD="align: center"][B]Range of Deviation IQ[/B][/TD] [TD="align: center"][B]Fantasy Rating[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1 [I](0.00%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]-5[/TD] [TD="align: center"]1-10[/TD] [TD="align: center"]'Non'-intelligent or not ratable[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2-3 [I](0.00%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]-4[/TD] [TD="align: center"]10-28[/TD] [TD="align: center"]'Animal' intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4-5 [I](0.00%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]-3[/TD] [TD="align: center"]28-46[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Semi-intelligent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6-7 [I](0.46%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]-2[/TD] [TD="align: center"]46-64[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Low intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8-9 [I](11.11%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]-1[/TD] [TD="align: center"]64-82[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Dull-witted[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10-13 [I](76.84%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]+0 / +1[/TD] [TD="align: center"]82-118[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Average (human) intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]14-15 [I](11.11%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]+2[/TD] [TD="align: center"]118-136[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Highly intelligent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]16-17 [I](0.46%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]+3[/TD] [TD="align: center"]136-154[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Genius intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]18-19 [I](0.00%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]+4[/TD] [TD="align: center"]154-172[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Supra-genius intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]20+ [I](0.00%)[/I][/TD] [TD="align: center"]+5 or more[/TD] [TD="align: center"]172+[/TD] [TD="align: center"]Godlike intelligence[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"][/TD] [TD="align: center"][/TD] [TD="align: center"][/TD] [TD="align: center"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The table is designed for a population with scores generated using the 'averaging' method rather than 3d6, which I believe was always a method for generating exceptional rather than general characters. The ratings come from or are inspired by those which appear in the original Monster Manual (1977) and the Stanford-Binet (1916) classification, which I believe was in part the inspiration for Gygax's ratings, being the only IQ classification ever to use the term 'genius'. My posting this here in no way implies that I believe that PC ability scores should be used to limit the action declarations of players, but it is my hope that such a table can be helpful, especially to DMs when deciding the actions of monsters as is the apparent intent of the original table in the MM (1977). [/QUOTE]
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