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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 963670" data-attributes="member: 4937">Very little fun to play.Seriously, it can be a blast to play a 6 INT character.It can be a blast to play a 6 WIS character.It can be a blast to play a 6 CHR character.But, all three makes for a pretty pathetic RP experience for both the player and the DM - because the correct way to play this character is as someone who is ultimately really pathetic.&nbsp;&nbsp; It would take an exceptional player to make even a character with two subpar mental abilities interesting.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seriously, and here I'm being generous, think someone like Dudley from the Harry Potter books - and thats probably rather underestimating Dudley.&nbsp;&nbsp; The two Slytherin toadies that follow around Harry's rival - that's probably the sort of character we are talking about.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or perhaps, Biff from the 'Back to the Future' movies - if we overlook that Biff appeared to have some latent degree of cunning and ruthlessness that might equat to WIS.&nbsp;&nbsp; So probably we should stoop lower than that - one of Biff's flunkies.Jar Jar Binks.Outside of children's books and other juvenile tales of good and evil, it probably is pretty hard to find literary characters with 6,8,6 mental skills because even writers find them pretty boring to write about.&nbsp; Typically, you have simple but 'wise' and good hearted characters like Forrest Gump or Quasimodo.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or you have, bright but dim and socially inept 'nerds'.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or you have, socially magnetic but clueless and foolish people whom the nerdy hero has to overcome.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or you have salt of the earth types lacking intelligence or cunning, but well adjusted to the simple society they live in and well liked within it - but characters like this are generally only used as a 'mob' or 'chorus' and stay in the background.&nbsp; Seldom do you have a character lacking all cunning, all grace, and all wit whom a writer will devote any attention to or all. Therefore, you have at best a character that can be one or more of the other characters flunkies but who probably isn't very well liked even by the rest of the party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 963670, member: 4937"] Very little fun to play. Seriously, it can be a blast to play a 6 INT character. It can be a blast to play a 6 WIS character. It can be a blast to play a 6 CHR character. But, all three makes for a pretty pathetic RP experience for both the player and the DM - because the correct way to play this character is as someone who is ultimately really pathetic. It would take an exceptional player to make even a character with two subpar mental abilities interesting. Seriously, and here I'm being generous, think someone like Dudley from the Harry Potter books - and thats probably rather underestimating Dudley. The two Slytherin toadies that follow around Harry's rival - that's probably the sort of character we are talking about. Or perhaps, Biff from the 'Back to the Future' movies - if we overlook that Biff appeared to have some latent degree of cunning and ruthlessness that might equat to WIS. So probably we should stoop lower than that - one of Biff's flunkies. Jar Jar Binks. Outside of children's books and other juvenile tales of good and evil, it probably is pretty hard to find literary characters with 6,8,6 mental skills because even writers find them pretty boring to write about. Typically, you have simple but 'wise' and good hearted characters like Forrest Gump or Quasimodo. Or you have, bright but dim and socially inept 'nerds'. Or you have, socially magnetic but clueless and foolish people whom the nerdy hero has to overcome. Or you have salt of the earth types lacking intelligence or cunning, but well adjusted to the simple society they live in and well liked within it - but characters like this are generally only used as a 'mob' or 'chorus' and stay in the background. Seldom do you have a character lacking all cunning, all grace, and all wit whom a writer will devote any attention to or all. Therefore, you have at best a character that can be one or more of the other characters flunkies but who probably isn't very well liked even by the rest of the party. [/QUOTE]

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