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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6829008" data-attributes="member: 82779">The PHB has the same exact wording in it as what I quoted from the basic PDF.  I'm just going with the basic PDF because I'm at my computer and the PDF is handy.Also, the -X% off average is a valid way of measuring how much lower a lower Int is.  It's certainly just as valid as going with the IQ = Int x 10 option.  Plus, it has the benefit of actually reflecting what happens when a lower Int character attempts an Int check to do something.  Using the IQ = Int x 10 option results in a situation where the character is actually making smarter decisions when making Int checks than he is when being roleplayed as IQ = Int x 10 (how's that for some dissonance).Also, I don't think anyone here is really saying a low Int character shouldn't be played as if he were dumber (I'm certainly not).  We're simply debating the degree of difference involved.  Also, how many people who make a character with a low Int actually know or have seen a person they can use as a model for making that character seem real and not like a stereotype of the mentally handicapped?  How likely are they to pull that off without potentially offending a member of the group who may have a mentally handicapped friend or relative?And while we're jumping on people for playing low Int characters too smartly, why aren't we jumping on people for playing high Int characters too stupidly?  Most people of average or greater intelligence who play a low int character probably know just as much about how to think less intelligently as an average person knows how to think like a genius.  "You're not a genius and therefore can't think like one?  Then don't put that 16 in Int if you can't play it right."</blockquote>

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