Shall we describe each stage of the Attributes?

[Ferret]

I've been thinking for a while about how to describe different levels in attributes, I don't have any ideas, but I wondered if anyone had ideas?

We know, that 3 is the lowest, 10 is human average and, 18 is the highest a human can get. Does anyone have others.

 

[Crothian]

18 is the highest a human can start with, but they can go higher. I wouldn't worry too much about defining the different numbers, sometimes bogging down in such details detracts from the game.

 

[Humanophile]

We have the chart for Str fairly easily. Look at the max load you can lift over your head, imagine that in a powerlifter, voila. In that sense, it'd be fairly nice to have equivalent lists for other stats, especially mental stats, where the definitions are unfortunately circular.

That said, you'd have to be careful what you put in some categories. CoC d20's list is rather weak, but then again a more specific chart in an early book (can't remember what edition exactly) drew flak for trying to do exactly what you ask for.

 

[Ferret]

I'm not trying to get 'details' just an outline. For instance, does the Duke with a 7 for Dex walk a little clumsily, or will he be tripping all the way? Does the goblin with 18 Strength but only 10 charisma lead the tribe or does the one with all 8's except a 16 in charisma?

[edit: It'd be good to see the chart, what they did wrong etc.