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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7071193" data-attributes="member: 205">This is just the converse of the 1e/2e &quot;Why does everyone ignore charisma?&quot; argument.&nbsp; There's only one class that actually needs Intelligence as a main stat.&nbsp; Intelligence has little mechanical impact outside of knowledge rolls, and those already benefit from the &quot;multiple advantage&quot; aspects of knowledge rolls.&nbsp; (By which I mean everyone can roll Intelligence checks to figure things out, and if 5 PCs roll, it's like having 4x advantage on a roll.&nbsp; That's way better than an extra +3 or +4 for having a high Intelligence.&nbsp; And it only takes one character to yell out &quot;It's an undead, use holy power on it!&quot; to give all the PCs the benefit of one lucky roll.)The best way to have more Intelligence in the game is to open up more character options that use Intelligence.&nbsp; I'm actually kind of tired of playing low Intelligence characters in my own games, so the DM and I worked out a concept for an alternate Bard that uses Intelligence instead of Charisma.&nbsp; Now I can play a high Int character without having to play a wizard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 7071193, member: 205"] This is just the converse of the 1e/2e "Why does everyone ignore charisma?" argument. There's only one class that actually needs Intelligence as a main stat. Intelligence has little mechanical impact outside of knowledge rolls, and those already benefit from the "multiple advantage" aspects of knowledge rolls. (By which I mean everyone can roll Intelligence checks to figure things out, and if 5 PCs roll, it's like having 4x advantage on a roll. That's way better than an extra +3 or +4 for having a high Intelligence. And it only takes one character to yell out "It's an undead, use holy power on it!" to give all the PCs the benefit of one lucky roll.) The best way to have more Intelligence in the game is to open up more character options that use Intelligence. I'm actually kind of tired of playing low Intelligence characters in my own games, so the DM and I worked out a concept for an alternate Bard that uses Intelligence instead of Charisma. Now I can play a high Int character without having to play a wizard. [/QUOTE]

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