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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amal Shukup" data-source="post: 2124530" data-attributes="member: 6291">While the D&D attribute system is a fairly 'blunt' tool for measuring intelligence (So, for that matter, is the IQ scale), please do keep in mind that AVERAGE (mean) human intelligence is most closely represented by a 10. Odds are that most of the people you (all of us) know are going to be between 8 and 12. Are they idiots? Nah, just normal folks. Most of us have probably never met an 18...Every D&D player in the world pretty much assumes that they have 'at least' a 14 INT or so - But that's 'Lake Woebegone' effect in action: "We're ALL 'above average'!" Huh? What's that again??  It's like the joke about over eager Sales people: "We lose a buck on every sale, but we make it up in VOLUME"...According to a 'rule of thumb' I've seen (IQ=INTx10), 14 INT translates roughly to a 140 IQ - which:a) Equates to 'Genius' or 'Very Superior' depending on whose scale you use b) Represents something like 2% of the population (being almost three standard deviations from the mean) c) Is about the HIGHEST IQ most 'IQ tests' can even test for (people saying they've tested '150+' or whatever are almost certainly lying unless the 'test' was a battery of tests administered by experts).I'm sorta cool with your giving Forrest a 7 - he was pretty high-functioning. Absolutely 'Educable' (even if he didn't really get any). Probably a bit lower though. On the other hand, 6 is still not what we generally think of as 'retarded' - 'Severe' and 'Profound' mental retardation is typically represented by IQ scores below 35 (or at best a 3/4 INT according to the rule of thumb above).6 is still pretty 'thick' (borderline deficient), but reasonably functional. Actually, with the 16 WIS, I think Forrest Gump (with slightly more schooling - religious/vocational training anyway) would be an excellent role model for this Paladin....A'Mal</blockquote>

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