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<blockquote data-quote="Shalimar" data-source="post: 2984436" data-attributes="member: 9600">No, putting only one dot in a stat doesn't make for a useless character...depending on the stat.&nbsp; Generally speaking, a 1 in a stat can be considered a moderate to a major disability.&nbsp; when making an attempt at something that you don't have the relevent ability with your character suffers a penalty to his dice pool.&nbsp; For Physical and Social abilities its a -1 penalty to the dice pool, however, for mental abilites, the penalty is a -3.&nbsp; That on its own signifies someone who isn't book smart, basically, unless your intelligence is a 5, its pretty much blind luck as to whether your character knows something since you only roll 1 die.If your looking to make a character that hasn't applied themselves academically, but isn't mentally disabled, an intelligence of 2, but with mental abilities as your lowest priority is for you.&nbsp; A character with an intelligence of 1 is mentally handicapped, to the point that they might have trouble dealing with the normal world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shalimar, post: 2984436, member: 9600"] No, putting only one dot in a stat doesn't make for a useless character...depending on the stat. Generally speaking, a 1 in a stat can be considered a moderate to a major disability. when making an attempt at something that you don't have the relevent ability with your character suffers a penalty to his dice pool. For Physical and Social abilities its a -1 penalty to the dice pool, however, for mental abilites, the penalty is a -3. That on its own signifies someone who isn't book smart, basically, unless your intelligence is a 5, its pretty much blind luck as to whether your character knows something since you only roll 1 die. If your looking to make a character that hasn't applied themselves academically, but isn't mentally disabled, an intelligence of 2, but with mental abilities as your lowest priority is for you. A character with an intelligence of 1 is mentally handicapped, to the point that they might have trouble dealing with the normal world. [/QUOTE]

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