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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6827101" data-attributes="member: 6775031"><p>There are basically two ways to go about this:</p><p></p><p>1) Assume that the dice distribution covers the whole range of human capability, match people by relative percentages, and that describes what the person can do. I.e. If you are in the bottom x% of the 3d6+1 curve, then you are as smart as someone in the bottom x% of the real-world IQ curve. If your Int score is 4, then you are exactly as dumb as the <em>dumbest possible human in the real world</em>. The main problem here is that it assumes the 4-20 range covers the <em>entire</em> range of real-world capabilities, with identical distribution.</p><p></p><p>2) Look at what someone with a given score can <em>do</em>, find someone in the real world who can do those same things, and that is how smart you are. If you can routinely pull of a DC 8 check, but not a DC 10 check (after taking a significant sample size), then you are as smart someone in the real world who could perform those same tasks with the same frequency. The problem here is in getting anyone to agree with the exact DC for any given real-world activity, though that is nominally one of the primary tasks for the DM anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6827101, member: 6775031"] There are basically two ways to go about this: 1) Assume that the dice distribution covers the whole range of human capability, match people by relative percentages, and that describes what the person can do. I.e. If you are in the bottom x% of the 3d6+1 curve, then you are as smart as someone in the bottom x% of the real-world IQ curve. If your Int score is 4, then you are exactly as dumb as the [I]dumbest possible human in the real world[/I]. The main problem here is that it assumes the 4-20 range covers the [I]entire[/I] range of real-world capabilities, with identical distribution. 2) Look at what someone with a given score can [I]do[/I], find someone in the real world who can do those same things, and that is how smart you are. If you can routinely pull of a DC 8 check, but not a DC 10 check (after taking a significant sample size), then you are as smart someone in the real world who could perform those same tasks with the same frequency. The problem here is in getting anyone to agree with the exact DC for any given real-world activity, though that is nominally one of the primary tasks for the DM anyway. [/QUOTE]
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