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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7263403" data-attributes="member: 6801845">The plural of chassis is ... wait for it ... chassis.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yeah, I know.&nbsp; I'm full of <s>****</s> information.We know how to build NPCs according to the DMG starting on page 89.&nbsp; Basically &quot;don't bother unless you really care&quot;. We don't need to build the entire population so we don't.&nbsp; It goes back to the &quot;what should the distribution be&quot;.&nbsp; Even if you take a sample distribution such as IQ, you then still have to decide what percentage needs to be at the extremes.&nbsp; Use the standard cutoff and it's .1%?&nbsp; That works, but it's also completely arbitrary.&nbsp; But no one has stated that all humans use point buy; it's limited to PCs.Related to that I think the idea that intelligence that applies to other creatures somehow can't be applied to other creatures is wrong.&nbsp; There are studies all the time about how smart various apes are (according to the DMG, that would be 4) and how to measure intelligence of other animals such as dogs (3).&nbsp; Intelligence is nebulous, but it is a universal concept.&nbsp; If we're going to assign a number to it, it only makes sense that the same scale applies to all creatures.&nbsp; We know that the average ogre can only speak a few words and has a hard time counting to 10.&nbsp; We know that traditionally orcs are dim-witted (although not downright stupid like ogres) and are generally represented as having a limited rough vocabulary.On the other end of the spectrum we know the average mind flayer is highly intellectual, even brilliant as is reflected by their 19 intelligence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7263403, member: 6801845"] The plural of chassis is ... wait for it ... chassis. Yeah, I know. I'm full of [S]****[/S] information. We know how to build NPCs according to the DMG starting on page 89. Basically "don't bother unless you really care". We don't need to build the entire population so we don't. It goes back to the "what should the distribution be". Even if you take a sample distribution such as IQ, you then still have to decide what percentage needs to be at the extremes. Use the standard cutoff and it's .1%? That works, but it's also completely arbitrary. But no one has stated that all humans use point buy; it's limited to PCs. Related to that I think the idea that intelligence that applies to other creatures somehow can't be applied to other creatures is wrong. There are studies all the time about how smart various apes are (according to the DMG, that would be 4) and how to measure intelligence of other animals such as dogs (3). Intelligence is nebulous, but it is a universal concept. If we're going to assign a number to it, it only makes sense that the same scale applies to all creatures. We know that the average ogre can only speak a few words and has a hard time counting to 10. We know that traditionally orcs are dim-witted (although not downright stupid like ogres) and are generally represented as having a limited rough vocabulary. On the other end of the spectrum we know the average mind flayer is highly intellectual, even brilliant as is reflected by their 19 intelligence. [/QUOTE]

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