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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6828950" data-attributes="member: 82779">I'm going to answer this with a question: Did you even read my early post about how I would play a low Int character?  I said I would play it with normal intelligence, and then intentionally make a few stupid decisions to reinforce and validate the perception that the character is dumb. You were the one who was asserting that you had to play a 5 Int character as if it were mentally handicapped to be doing it right, despite the fact that most people who would try to do that would just end up like Cartman in the special olympics episode of South Park.I have even agreed with you that a low Int character probably has a lower IQ than an average Int character.  Where we disagree on that is simply the degree of difference involved.  You say IQ = Int x10.  I, and others, have repeatedly pointed out that the ability check math doesn't bear this out.  You are free to treat it that way at your table, but don't pretend it's what 5e's default rules say and try to say that we are wrong for not using your interpretation that is utterly unsupported by the math.</blockquote>