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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2220345" data-attributes="member: 16989">Not to get political, but....George Bush is actually pretty smart (as was Bubba & Georgie Sr.)  Look at their educational backgrounds.  Bubba was even a very distinguished scholar.  To get really high in politics you have to have some brains about you.Which brings me to my point.Trying to boil real-world personalities into the Int-Wis-Cha debate (while fun), just eventually shows the weakness of using 3 numbers to illistrate a person's persona.Look at Bill Clinton (usually regarded as having high Int-Rhodes Scholar; high Cha- look at what he talked his way out of; low Wis; look at what he got himself into, Cigar anyone?)Whereas Kerry, Gore & George Jr seem to have a high Int & Wis, but low Charisma  (jut not very good at appealing to the masses).Reagan: (High, very high, personal Cha, but seemed to never really be aware of whats going on-of course I only remember him at the end of his terms, when Alzihmer's was probably just beginning to surface).You can look back at previous (exaggerated) presidents (both US & foreign) and find easy examples of High/Low scores, but those in the middle are pretty hard to figure out), Such as Teddy Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Nixon, Napoleon.Form a D&D standpoint.  Unless your using a variant of the Divine Right of Kings, low mental abilities will never rule a nation.  And if an Int 6 person sits on the throne, you can bet there's a Vizar with high stats somewhere in the background.In my games, when a leader does something stupid, it's not because he has a low ability score, it's usually due to a failure to comprehend all the ramifications of his desicion, or due to following his own moral code (alignment).Not trying to be poltical, trying to be historical,</blockquote>

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