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<blockquote data-quote="Manabarbs" data-source="post: 6195452" data-attributes="member: 6717251"><p>Conventional notions about what different scores in abilities represent maybe? In many cases, there's a pretty severe disconnect between how creatures with particular intelligence or charisma scores are presented and what the actual mechanical effect of those scores are. You could come at this from either side, really; you could adjust the resolution mechanics so that somebody with 6 int is actually perceptually dumber than somebody with 13 int, or you could redefine what the numbers signify. I think it's also important to create more space between &quot;human average&quot; and &quot;can't use the ability at all&quot;; a -5 penalty isn't enough gradation to even capture the range of basically normal human intelligence, much less the intelligence of various not-so-bright monster races, beasts, etc. (Alternately, you could make it so that zero isn't the floor, or do away with scores entirely and just use modifiers.)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Manabarbs, post: 6195452, member: 6717251"] Conventional notions about what different scores in abilities represent maybe? In many cases, there's a pretty severe disconnect between how creatures with particular intelligence or charisma scores are presented and what the actual mechanical effect of those scores are. You could come at this from either side, really; you could adjust the resolution mechanics so that somebody with 6 int is actually perceptually dumber than somebody with 13 int, or you could redefine what the numbers signify. I think it's also important to create more space between "human average" and "can't use the ability at all"; a -5 penalty isn't enough gradation to even capture the range of basically normal human intelligence, much less the intelligence of various not-so-bright monster races, beasts, etc. (Alternately, you could make it so that zero isn't the floor, or do away with scores entirely and just use modifiers.) [/QUOTE]

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