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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 6830358" data-attributes="member: 6788862">My own point of view when DMing a game with a character with a very low stat (which is common as my groups always roll for stats) is that I will talk to the player beforehand and agree with them how the low stat translates into a suitable deficiency, and how the player will roleplay that PC.5 Int can mean simply low mental capacity, lack of education, forgetfulness, illiteracy, lack of numeracy, etc - and depending on the skill proficiencies chosen, I would likely ask the player to consider at least 2 (or more) of those issues and roleplay them accordingly.My own 6 Int fighter is semi-literate, from a nomadic tribe, with no formal education.  He will hold a map upside down and claim to be 'reading' it, and has given the party food poisoning after insisting he is a good cook.  It's all good fun.I also have a wizard with a strength penalty, it's only a -1, but I play him as refusing to partake in any physical activity beyond walking (or running away!) - he's level 8 and has made just one voluntary melee attack in his entire adventuring career!  If a door needs forcing he won't even try.  (this gets around the daft scenario that in 5E an 8 Str character can feasibly succeed on a test of strength that 20 Str character fails!)Another aspect we consider in our group is that our DMs often state that only PCs with a suitable proficiency are able to even try certain tasks.  This is situational, but most commonly applicable to Survival/Nature/History/Religion/Arcana checks.... rather than simply ramping up the difficulty of an obscure Lore check our DM might say 'only those characters with Arcana proficiency have a chance of understanding this scroll'.Anyway, I'm rambling slightly off topic.  Summary - I'd be happy to allow a 5 Int character to be ok at some Int based tasks, but the player of that PC would have to accept that I would need them to properly roleplay other suitable reasons for their Int being so low.</blockquote>

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