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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 9438278" data-attributes="member: 7034710">no, i am not referring to a monk(though this could be applied to any class) a master fighter weakened by age, long-term injury or illness, not am i referring to level although level is a somewhat closer comparison to what i mean here as experience is another expression of learning, your ability to learn/the amount you have learned is something that is represented with inteligence in DnD, but step back for a moment, this is what i was commenting to:these statements are asserting that a combatant's inteligence is NEVER something that contributes to their ability to fight, a fighter could be a genius and that wouldn't affect their combat one jot because all that matters is their physical strength, they wouldn't be able to outwit, outplan, observe and learn and strategise against their opponent, nope! all that matters is the size of their muscles!let's frame this differently, using wizards, we have two wizard both 20th level, the first is 'dumb but strong' he has all his spell slots but the only spells they know are fire bolt, burning hands and fireball, the second wizard is 'smart but weak' he has a full selection of spells but his slots only go up to 5th level(still on 20th level progression though), even though they are theoretically 'weaker' the latter wizard would be better equiped to secure victory in the fight due to having more options.</blockquote>