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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7071433" data-attributes="member: 6677017">To those who seem to want to maintain that Intelligence is objectively the worst stat: this simply isn't true. It may be the worst stat in your games because of how the DM chooses to run them, but it isn't the case in everyone's games. The rules of 5e say this about the uses of Intelligence checks:Intelligence ChecksAn Intelligence check comes into play when you needto draw on logic, education, memory, or deductivereasoning. The Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature,and Religion skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds ofIntelligence checks.Arcana. Your Intelligence (Arcana) check measuresyour ability to recall lore about spells, magic items,eldritch symbols, magical traditions, the planes ofexistence, and the inhabitants of those planes.History. Your Intelligence (History) check measuresyour ability to recall lore about historical events,legendary people, ancient kingdoms, past disputes,recent wars, and lost civilizations.Investigation. When you look around for clues andmake deductions based on those clues, you make anIntelligence (Investigation) check. You might deduce thelocation of a hidden object, discern from the appearanceof a wound what kind of weapon dealt it, or determine theweakest point in a tunnel that could cause it to collapse.Poring through ancient scrolls in search of a hiddenfragment of knowledge might also call for an Intelligence(Investigation) check.Nature. Your Intelligence (Nature) check measuresyour ability to recall lore about terrain, plants andanimals, the weather, and natural cycles.Religion. Your Intelligence (Religion) check measuresyour ability to recall lore about deities, rites and prayers,religious hierarchies, holy symbols, and the practicesof secret cults.Other Intelligence Checks. The DM might call for anIntelligence check when you try to accomplish tasks likethe following:• Communicate with a creature without using words• Estimate the value of a precious item• Pull together a disguise to pass as a city guard• Forge a document• Recall lore about a craft or trade• Win a game of skill(I underlined the lore examples that constantly come up in my games.)You are free to ignore the guidelines in the PHB for making Intelligence matter, but you can't do so and then claim that the game makes the stat suck.</blockquote>

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