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<blockquote data-quote="Morlock" data-source="post: 6796537" data-attributes="member: 6776981">ETA: another quote:Reaction time is related to brain power, too. More than &quot;Dex,&quot; maybe. Where people get confused is muscle speed, which isn't the same thing.E.g., a video-gamer can have excellent reaction time, but also be a spaz who dodges like a slug in real life. Stimulus is conveyed to brain &gt; brain makes decision &gt; brain sends signal to body &gt; body moves. Dex is the stat for how fast you can get your sword out, but Int is the stat for how fast you process and respond to the info that made you decide to draw it.<a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=&amp;bih=&amp;q=correlation+IQ+reaction+time" target="_blank">correlation IQ reaction time</a>If mental stats get short shrift, maybe roll Int and Wis in together (e.g., &quot;intellect&quot;)? They've always seemed like the same thing to me, anyway, with the counterexamples seeming more like anecdotes about non-neurotypical people.ETA2: yeah, in an &quot;ideal&quot; and &quot;realistic&quot; system, initiative seems more like something I'd use Int bonus for, given some kind of mechanic to model the time it takes to carry out an action. E.g., the quick-witted wizard tends to go first in the round, starting his action before the dull-witted but fleet-footed archer, but depending on how long it takes him to cast his spell, he may or may not &quot;release&quot; before the archer nocks and looses his arrow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morlock, post: 6796537, member: 6776981"] ETA: another quote: Reaction time is related to brain power, too. More than "Dex," maybe. Where people get confused is muscle speed, which isn't the same thing. E.g., a video-gamer can have excellent reaction time, but also be a spaz who dodges like a slug in real life. Stimulus is conveyed to brain > brain makes decision > brain sends signal to body > body moves. Dex is the stat for how fast you can get your sword out, but Int is the stat for how fast you process and respond to the info that made you decide to draw it. [url="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=correlation+IQ+reaction+time"]correlation IQ reaction time[/url] If mental stats get short shrift, maybe roll Int and Wis in together (e.g., "intellect")? They've always seemed like the same thing to me, anyway, with the counterexamples seeming more like anecdotes about non-neurotypical people. ETA2: yeah, in an "ideal" and "realistic" system, initiative seems more like something I'd use Int bonus for, given some kind of mechanic to model the time it takes to carry out an action. E.g., the quick-witted wizard tends to go first in the round, starting his action before the dull-witted but fleet-footed archer, but depending on how long it takes him to cast his spell, he may or may not "release" before the archer nocks and looses his arrow. [/QUOTE]

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