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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 4079228" data-attributes="member: 3586">One of the joys of the new system is that having skills is no longer hostage to a high Intelligence score.In the first 3e campaign I ran (started in 2000!), one of the players had a cleric with a 7 Intelligence. The problem with that was that he wasn't competent in some key areas of his class that he should have been good at! Things like Diplomacy, Knowledge (Religion), Spellcraft and so forth. With only 1 skill point/level, they *had* to go into Concentration. And, I'm sorry... shouldn't a cleric know something about Religion and the gods? Apparently not, according to 3e.Intelligence is now reduced to helping the things it *should* be good at: Intelligence-related skills. Skillful doesn't imply high intelligence. After all, if what you can do physically (like climbing &amp; jumping) is limited by your Intelligence score, why aren't your fighter or thief class abilities limited as well?Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 4079228, member: 3586"] One of the joys of the new system is that having skills is no longer hostage to a high Intelligence score. In the first 3e campaign I ran (started in 2000!), one of the players had a cleric with a 7 Intelligence. The problem with that was that he wasn't competent in some key areas of his class that he should have been good at! Things like Diplomacy, Knowledge (Religion), Spellcraft and so forth. With only 1 skill point/level, they *had* to go into Concentration. And, I'm sorry... shouldn't a cleric know something about Religion and the gods? Apparently not, according to 3e. Intelligence is now reduced to helping the things it *should* be good at: Intelligence-related skills. Skillful doesn't imply high intelligence. After all, if what you can do physically (like climbing & jumping) is limited by your Intelligence score, why aren't your fighter or thief class abilities limited as well? Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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