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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6850537" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>I will now present an argument that Sherlock Holmes, as depicted in the stories, did indeed have an Int of 5. Personally, I find the argument compelling but that is a subjective judgment and you are free to click Laughs if your subjective judgement is to the contrary.</p><p></p><p>Suppose that there is a Detective class in 5e, that one of the class features is Expertise in Investigation, and that Sherlock Holmes, as the greatest ever detective, is an exemplar of level 20 in that class.</p><p></p><p>We know that Sherlock Holmes solved some very difficult cases but we don't know how many such cases he failed to solve because Conan Doyle carefully didn't write novels about those. For lack of data, we can't estimate probabilities. What we can say is that he didn't solve any that were nearly impossible because to have written stories where he pulled rabbits out of hats, so to speak, would have strained our credulity and Conan Doyle was careful to write credible stories.</p><p></p><p>So the most Sherlock Holmes ever did was to make DC29 on Intelligence(Investigation) rolls, and that must have been with a natural 20. He couldn't quite make DC30 (Nearly Impossible) however well he rolled. That means he must have been +9 for Intelligence+Investigation.</p><p></p><p>Given that he had Expertise in Investigation, which would have given him +12 at level 20, his Int modifier must have been -3.</p><p></p><p>So his Int must have been 4 or 5.</p><p></p><p>QED</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 6850537, member: 6777052"] I will now present an argument that Sherlock Holmes, as depicted in the stories, did indeed have an Int of 5. Personally, I find the argument compelling but that is a subjective judgment and you are free to click Laughs if your subjective judgement is to the contrary. Suppose that there is a Detective class in 5e, that one of the class features is Expertise in Investigation, and that Sherlock Holmes, as the greatest ever detective, is an exemplar of level 20 in that class. We know that Sherlock Holmes solved some very difficult cases but we don't know how many such cases he failed to solve because Conan Doyle carefully didn't write novels about those. For lack of data, we can't estimate probabilities. What we can say is that he didn't solve any that were nearly impossible because to have written stories where he pulled rabbits out of hats, so to speak, would have strained our credulity and Conan Doyle was careful to write credible stories. So the most Sherlock Holmes ever did was to make DC29 on Intelligence(Investigation) rolls, and that must have been with a natural 20. He couldn't quite make DC30 (Nearly Impossible) however well he rolled. That means he must have been +9 for Intelligence+Investigation. Given that he had Expertise in Investigation, which would have given him +12 at level 20, his Int modifier must have been -3. So his Int must have been 4 or 5. QED [/QUOTE]
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