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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 682399" data-attributes="member: 8704">If it was a Half Orc Barbarian with a 5 intelegence then he would be way ahead of a Elf Bard with a 5 inteligence. Barbarians are meant to be that way. A Paladin's mount has a inteligence of 6, a worg has a 6, a wyvern has a 6 intelgence and it is described as: "Some Wyvern's speak Draconic, but most are too stupid to understand any language."They didn't cap any of the scores but this falls into the realm of if this character should be played not if this character could be played. Yes you could play a character with a base and limited understanding of anything above a stone age level and that lacked the common sense and intuition to come in out of the rain, but would you actually want to, this character would rank on the inteligence scale between a Hippogriff and a Hill Giant, but would fall 3 short on the Hill Giant's wisdom score and 6 short on the Hippogriff's wisdom score. He would not understand the difference between gold and copper when dealing with money and he would have a tough time even relating to the enviroment around him. Think of the absentminded professor, but replace professor with Cave Man, and he is supposed to be a Elvish Bard. How is this not going to be unwhieldy and hard to deal with in a game? The characters would have to quite literally lead him around by the hand, he would say the first thing that poped into his mind, heck he would probably say everything that poped into his mind, he couldn't read or write, heck he could only speak in small easy to understand terms. He is supposed to be a Bard, how can he sing if he doesn't even comprehend what he is singing? If he had a 5 inteligence and a 10 wisdom then I would think he got along on his base instincts but he doesn't have any base instincts, he has a 7 wisdom.</blockquote>

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