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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gramcrackered" data-source="post: 1714134" data-attributes="member: 19168">Nope.  It's an outright permanent drop of 5 for both stats.  Here it is from the Crooks! sourcebook:Disabled (Dull Witted): Characters with this weakness gain a -5 penalty to both Intelligence and Wisdom, although neither score can fall below 2 as a result of this weakness.  Since abilities start out at 10 during character creation, this weakness is identical to simply lowering the value of the two abilities by 5, which would also result in 10 additional character creation points.  The weakness exists primarily to simulate conditions that occur after character creation, such as a blow to the head or being turned into a zombie.  If the character does not measurably affect that character (such as if he started out with and Intelligence and Wisdom of 5) than Disabled (Dull Witted) grants no power point bonus.I don't know if I'd really grant you 10 power points for simply a -5 penalty to all Int and Wis skills.  That sounds odd, I know, but ten-to-one they are skills that you were simply going to ignore anyway.  Ones you wouldn't have stood a chance to succeed at even WITHOUT the penalty, as it were.I dunno.  Any other thoughts on the matter?  Anybody?Don't worry; I figured you people were just up to your own thing.  Just making sure.Oh, and thus far, I have no problem with the whole "twin" concept.  Once you two hammer it out, feel free to grab my attention and I'll double-check to make sure I have no concerns.  I doubt any will develop.</blockquote>

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