Larry Fitz
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Low Int
A Character of her Intelligence is roughly Equal to a troll in intellect. The difference between intelligence and wisdom is one of willpower. Intelligence is reasoning out what needs to be done to affect a certain outcome, Wisdom is actually going ahead and doing it. Her character should almost never come up with abstract plans, but stupid is not insane. The character Minsc in Baldur's Gate was insane, not just stupid.
Look at the skills that are Int based, things like Appraise, Disable Device, all the Knowledge Skills, Craft, Read Lips, Search... they are all detail oriented skills, keeping track of minutiae is a sign of intelligence. A couple of roleplaying hints, she should not ever take notes during a game session except to record things like equipment and it's location and condition (as well as OOC info like XP and character stats obviously), if the PC's meet someone and everyone else writes it down, including the person's name and description she should just let it pass, if she isn't constantly exposed to someone over a period of time she will not remain familiar with them. Being stupid does not mean being mean and it does not mean being automatically wise and kind. Her character's alignment should go a long way toward determining her character's personality. It should be easier for her character to remember to keep her mouth shut regarding important info than to lie about it. Lie's require keeping something straight in your head that is less familiar to you because it didn't actually happen. Lower intellect means less of an imaginative ability so it is difficult for a less intelligent person to tell a convincing lie. They tend to leave out subtleties and details, two hallmarks of convincing prevarication. I disagree withthe using big words wrong, that would be more likely if she had low Wisdom and Charisma as well. More likely to use simple words that are more general and less specific to the subject discussed. Less intelligent people usually rely on other people's opinions more, and are more gullible and certainly a lot less skeptical, though a wise person of low intelligence might figure out that a person has an ulterior motive (Sense motive is Wis based) they would be hard pressed to give a rational argument, more likely just saying that the person FEELS or SEEMS wrong to them....
She should have difficulty concentrating on anything beyond the here and now, abstractions are just that, abstract, and easily pushed aside for immediate concerns like 'What is that butterfly doing?' "What have I got up my nose?' (though an average Wisdom might help mitigate some of the more embarrassing things that could occur.
Hope all this helps, good Question, maybe we should start some threads on each of the major stats and what the extremes of each really mean...
A Character of her Intelligence is roughly Equal to a troll in intellect. The difference between intelligence and wisdom is one of willpower. Intelligence is reasoning out what needs to be done to affect a certain outcome, Wisdom is actually going ahead and doing it. Her character should almost never come up with abstract plans, but stupid is not insane. The character Minsc in Baldur's Gate was insane, not just stupid.
Look at the skills that are Int based, things like Appraise, Disable Device, all the Knowledge Skills, Craft, Read Lips, Search... they are all detail oriented skills, keeping track of minutiae is a sign of intelligence. A couple of roleplaying hints, she should not ever take notes during a game session except to record things like equipment and it's location and condition (as well as OOC info like XP and character stats obviously), if the PC's meet someone and everyone else writes it down, including the person's name and description she should just let it pass, if she isn't constantly exposed to someone over a period of time she will not remain familiar with them. Being stupid does not mean being mean and it does not mean being automatically wise and kind. Her character's alignment should go a long way toward determining her character's personality. It should be easier for her character to remember to keep her mouth shut regarding important info than to lie about it. Lie's require keeping something straight in your head that is less familiar to you because it didn't actually happen. Lower intellect means less of an imaginative ability so it is difficult for a less intelligent person to tell a convincing lie. They tend to leave out subtleties and details, two hallmarks of convincing prevarication. I disagree withthe using big words wrong, that would be more likely if she had low Wisdom and Charisma as well. More likely to use simple words that are more general and less specific to the subject discussed. Less intelligent people usually rely on other people's opinions more, and are more gullible and certainly a lot less skeptical, though a wise person of low intelligence might figure out that a person has an ulterior motive (Sense motive is Wis based) they would be hard pressed to give a rational argument, more likely just saying that the person FEELS or SEEMS wrong to them....
She should have difficulty concentrating on anything beyond the here and now, abstractions are just that, abstract, and easily pushed aside for immediate concerns like 'What is that butterfly doing?' "What have I got up my nose?' (though an average Wisdom might help mitigate some of the more embarrassing things that could occur.
Hope all this helps, good Question, maybe we should start some threads on each of the major stats and what the extremes of each really mean...
. Seriously, this can be fun to play- the classic bimbo.
