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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1908262" data-attributes="member: 3146">First things first: nobody has any choice about using tactics. The only question is whether they will use bad tactics, passable tactics, or good tactics.Second things second. As Mishihari Lord points out, modern soldiers probably cover the whole gamut of intelligence but they all know how to use modern military tactics because that's what they are trained to do. Likewise, I don't think anyone is going to be campaigning for professional boxers (in general) to be offered the opportunity to join Mensa (and some of them, like Mike Tyson have displayed an appalling lack of wisdom in their out of the ring behavior). Even so, I would bet that they have a much better grasp of personal combat tactics and how to make them work in practice than most of us here. I'm not saying that boxers are necessarily dumb, but they don't tend to be remarkable for their intelligence.So, the upshot of this is that I don't think there's any necessary corellation between intelligence and tactical ability. People study tactics. They are trained by people who know tactics. And, in general, that's enough. What intelligence (and wisdom) is probably useful for is coming up with new tactics and new applications of tactics in situations for which a character has not been trained. And for figuring out what tactics to train your soldiers in in the first place.</blockquote>