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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bladesong" data-source="post: 2961412" data-attributes="member: 20800">There was a DM that I adventured with roughly 20 years ago that had us run characters just like this. He had found ways to measure most of the stats, and yes, it took us a couple of weeks to test for all of them.Strength was easy, just see how much you can lift over your head and divide by 10 rounding down. Dexterity was based on an agility testing device that was at the Reuben S Fleet space museum in San Diego, California; it was a timed hand-eye-foot coordination test and the highest anyone ever scored was 20, so our dexterity became whatever score we got. Constitution was basically some chart he found measuring what ailments you had and how often you got sick mixed with a pain tolerance test we took at UC Irvine. Intelligence was based on an IQ test he found and had us take; we divided our score by 10 rounding down. Wisdom and Charisma were the two he mostly just assigned based on what he knew of each of us, several tests he found, and a secret survey of all of the players. My stats fell as follows:Str 10Int 18Wis 14Dex 18Con 16Chr 16Yes they sound high. Let me tell you though that I was the weakest in Strength (the highest was a 16, and he was a moose of a fellow), my IQ test came in at 179 he made it 18 just because I "had" to be the magic user (the next highest score is the only one I can kind of remember and it was in the 140 range). I was the highest in Dexterity, he had us tested 3 times each and he took the average score (the next highest was a 15). Constitution was "interesting". I am now in my forties and have not had a cold or flu since I was 9 years old, and at the time of this adventure I was in my early 20s. Let me also say that the pain tolerace test was brutal, but I have a fairly high tolerance to pain and scored the highest on that as well (I cannot recall the next highest score for this one). Wisdom he based on religious beliefs/knowledge, common sense, and the results of some tests he found (I tied with one player for this one, but the next highest was a 13). Charisma was determined by leadership skills, personality, the survey and a couple of tests he found (I was the only one that scored above a 10).How accurate? I really do not know, but the campaign was great, he was a very good DM.Based on the stats of "long ago" they are probably closer to this now:Str 11 (yeah, I can actually lift a little more now)Int 18 (yeah I know you could increase it with age, but I am married with teens now)Wis 16/17 (hard to say, you tend to get wiser with age and I am still very zealous)Dex 12 (yeah a bigger drop, but aside from volleyball and darts I'm out of practice)Con 12 (I still don't get sick and have a high pain tolerance, but I'm older)Chr 16-18 (I'm still the leader, even in real life. Married a model, although I'm average in looks myself and not rich, and can influence people I communicate with verbally).Even though I rank well in martial arts and am fairly handy with bow and sword, I would probably be a retired paladin (magic or no). Fantasy-wise I should probably be a bard.Sorry this was long, but this thread is interesting.</blockquote>

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