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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 8518285" data-attributes="member: 6804070">In this follow-up post of yours, it's like you are backtracking (which is ok, and part of my point). You do know you said this in the OP?I get some of where you are going and such, but I think getting rid of Int or renaming it isn't a solution for the problems.IMO, players shouldn't be trying to roleplay their mental stats, just like they don't roleplay their physical stats. (Does the high Str girl lift the game table over their head? Or the high dex guy do standing back flips between die rolls?) Now, that doesn't mean they don't roleplay their character's stats. Such as the high strength character tries to grapple and throw an opponent, or the high dex character does try to run along a parapet. Or the high Int sage spends time researching something in a library. Or the high Wis naturalist tries to work out why their is a new/sudden surge of wild wolves attacking the farm animals. Or the low Int tank just goes and picks a door in a room to open without checking for traps, etc.Just like trying to roleplay a high Int character is hard to do well, so is roleplaying a low Int character.I really think I'm rambling here and not making my point well at all Hopefully some of this makes sense though so I will post it and not just dump it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 8518285, member: 6804070"] In this follow-up post of yours, it's like you are backtracking (which is ok, and part of my point). You do know you said this in the OP? I get some of where you are going and such, but I think getting rid of Int or renaming it isn't a solution for the problems. IMO, players shouldn't be trying to roleplay their mental stats, just like they don't roleplay their physical stats. (Does the high Str girl lift the game table over their head? Or the high dex guy do standing back flips between die rolls?) Now, that doesn't mean they don't roleplay their character's stats. Such as the high strength character tries to grapple and throw an opponent, or the high dex character does try to run along a parapet. Or the high Int sage spends time researching something in a library. Or the high Wis naturalist tries to work out why their is a new/sudden surge of wild wolves attacking the farm animals. Or the low Int tank just goes and picks a door in a room to open without checking for traps, etc. Just like trying to roleplay a high Int character is hard to do well, so is roleplaying a low Int character. I really think I'm rambling here and not making my point well at all Hopefully some of this makes sense though so I will post it and not just dump it. [/QUOTE]

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