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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 5955471" data-attributes="member: 50304">Actually, I'd argue that in order to be &quot;the smart guy&quot; you need to have good scores in both wisdom and intelligence. If you have high intelligence and rubbish wisdom you aren't all-around smart. You have a huge aptitude for ration, reason, recall - formula, pattern, and methodology are your wheelhouse. Unfortunately you're about as dense as lead when it comes to the subtleties of the world around you.Wisdom is about knowing where to look intuitively. Intelligence is about recalling that Kobolds love to leave traps at choke points, favor ones that pass over their heads and hit medium-sized creatures, and remembering that all Soviet-made motion sensors prior to 2004 aren't sensitive to motion at speeds lower than 100cm/second.Myers-Briggs doesn't use them as opposites, but rather pairs them to see what it says about a personality to favor one over the other. Both aspects are critical to what Wisdom is about. Sensing is about physical Awareness. Intuition is about discerning meaning &quot;between the lines,&quot; of what you experienced.Intelligence helps most for trap-finding if you have set-up work - either research prior or an extended amount of time to conduct a methodical survey and eliminate possibilities rationally. When you are flying blind you have to rely on your experience, instincts, and awareness to make an assessment on the spot. Having both is gang-busters, though. When you combine prior knowledge or research and solid methodology with solid experience, good instincts, and high awareness you're looking at a situation where you'll either detect the traps automatically or at least be searching with Advantage.- Marty Lund</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mlund, post: 5955471, member: 50304"] Actually, I'd argue that in order to be "the smart guy" you need to have good scores in [b]both[/b] wisdom and intelligence. If you have high intelligence and rubbish wisdom you aren't all-around smart. You have a huge aptitude for ration, reason, recall - formula, pattern, and methodology are your wheelhouse. Unfortunately you're about as dense as lead when it comes to the subtleties of the world around you. Wisdom is about knowing where to look intuitively. Intelligence is about recalling that Kobolds love to leave traps at choke points, favor ones that pass over their heads and hit medium-sized creatures, and remembering that all Soviet-made motion sensors prior to 2004 aren't sensitive to motion at speeds lower than 100cm/second. Myers-Briggs doesn't use them as opposites, but rather pairs them to see what it says about a personality to favor one over the other. Both aspects are critical to what Wisdom is about. Sensing is about physical Awareness. Intuition is about discerning meaning "between the lines," of what you experienced. Intelligence helps most for trap-finding if you have set-up work - either research prior or an extended amount of time to conduct a methodical survey and eliminate possibilities rationally. When you are flying blind you have to rely on your experience, instincts, and awareness to make an assessment on the spot. Having both is gang-busters, though. When you combine prior knowledge or research and solid methodology with solid experience, good instincts, and high awareness you're looking at a situation where you'll either detect the traps automatically or at least be searching with Advantage. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]

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