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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ezo" data-source="post: 9494591" data-attributes="member: 7037866">I agree with others this is an overly taxing concept of INT 6.Although antiquated and flawed, such an INT could represent someone with as low as I.Q. 70 (but probably a bit higher), just above the threshold of what was considered disabled. There are many people who function in society with such conditions.In 5E terms, the -2 penalty associated with scores of 6 or 7 are immediately offset by proficiency in a task, putting such an individal on par with another with scores 10 or 11 but without proficiency.STR 6 can carry 30 lbs without issue (which many people can do, even my parents in their 80's), even with the variant options.DEX 6 person would range from very clumsy to poor eyesight or whatever. Again, many individuals function fine with such a score.CON 6 is only really an issue due to its tie to HP. But really, even that is not impossible to play with. A fighter with CON 6 has basically the same hp as a wizard with CON 10. A ranged fighter with decent AC would play fine IMO. Also, the tough feat can offset the HP loss. WIS 6 is slow to pick up cue and lacks sense and understanding of the world around them. LOL I know a LOT of people like that! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />CHA 6 could range from poor social graces or lack of confidence or such. Again, plenty of people like that in the RPGing world...Even a score below 6 is not by any means a death sentence to a PC and does emphasize the difference between themselves and an 18 score person.I will grant you a combination of 6's in scores would make things very difficult, especially if another score is not exceedingly high to allow the PC a focus area. It isn't impossible to make such a character work, but you will more heavily rely on the support of the team--but is that really a bad thing in a team game?No, an 8 score is just below average, well above the realm of any sort of mental impairment. You're no Einstein, of course, but you would rarely, if ever, have difficulty living day-to-day.Even if an INT 6 was the "village blockhead" or something, they would not be "sold as a slave in the middle ages." You're basically Forrest Gump IIRC or possibly a bit smarter. Due to INT scores being discrete, an INT 6 could represent an IQ 80 even.Rolling 3d6 you would have to roll a 3 to be within the bottom 1st-percentile. In IQ scores, this is around a 60 and finally at the point you're considering an INT 6 in your more extreme statements.You really are taking that a bit too far IMO. But, I don't intend to convince you, simply inform you that most people IMO will disagree with your assessment.Finally, Intelligence comprises such a large range of factors (which is why IQ is not a reliable metric!) that someone with an INT 6 might have a very poor memory, forgetting things easily, but be relatively average in other factors of Intelligence, so the score "as a whole" averages to INT 6.</blockquote>

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