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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5751164" data-attributes="member: 9037">I believe there is more to a character then what is written on his sheet and characters should not have to play a stat the same way. Take the low int barbarian one way to play him is a someone who rushes into combat takes a lot of chances and has no strategy. Another perfectly valid way is to play him is good in combat he knows how to swing his sword and knows how to avoid other people swing theirs.  But because of his low int he is not so good when it comes to solving puzzles or making great leaps of logic.That being said I do think if you choose to have character with a lower than average stat then you need to make some effort to play it that way. I do feel it is kind of cheating to take a low stat and then just ignore it. As Umbran said it smacks of having your cake and eating it too.I saw someone brought up alignment I use it in my game and I expect my players to try and follow what they have chosen now they are free to change their minds anytime and unless there are rule issues involved then there is really no consequence.  I don't allow other players at the table to say you are not doing it right. It always between myself and the player. But I would not allow someone to take CN just so they don't have any restrictions then play in a totally different way. As for a character saying in his back story he is a great sage but there is no way his stats support that ,that is very simple the character thinks he is a great sage and he may even fool people of less intelligence but he may meet people who think he is an idiot or a fraud.The same with a character who has a low chr he may play the character as having a high one and may see himself that way but that does not mean the NPCs he encounters look at him the same way.</blockquote>

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