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<blockquote data-quote="jsaving" data-source="post: 5926657" data-attributes="member: 16726">I definitely agree that 5e should strive to avoid &quot;dump stats.&quot;&nbsp; But I'm not sure why &quot;professorial&quot; INT rather than &quot;practical&quot; WIS should govern Perception.&nbsp; As I see it at least, the high-INT rogue would know to look for small scratches on the inside of a jewelry box but wouldn't be able to find them.&nbsp; Similarly, the high-INT rogue would be good at recalling a previously viewed map and using his recollections to guide his party out of a maze, but not so good if dumped in the middle of a maze and asked to find the exit.Certainly Sherlock Holmes is a smart guy, but not really in the D&amp;D sense of having a wide knowledge base from which he can draw.&nbsp; He learns only information that experience tells him can be helpful in solving crimes while leaving a lot of basic grade-school knowledge on the cutting room floor.&nbsp; So I'd see him as having a high INT but a super-high WIS.As for Watson, he's a part of the story not because he is perceptive but because he cares about other people beyond their relevance to the case at hand -- in my view at least.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsaving, post: 5926657, member: 16726"] I definitely agree that 5e should strive to avoid "dump stats." But I'm not sure why "professorial" INT rather than "practical" WIS should govern Perception. As I see it at least, the high-INT rogue would know to look for small scratches on the inside of a jewelry box but wouldn't be able to find them. Similarly, the high-INT rogue would be good at recalling a previously viewed map and using his recollections to guide his party out of a maze, but not so good if dumped in the middle of a maze and asked to find the exit. Certainly Sherlock Holmes is a smart guy, but not really in the D&D sense of having a wide knowledge base from which he can draw. He learns only information that experience tells him can be helpful in solving crimes while leaving a lot of basic grade-school knowledge on the cutting room floor. So I'd see him as having a high INT but a super-high WIS. As for Watson, he's a part of the story not because he is perceptive but because he cares about other people beyond their relevance to the case at hand -- in my view at least. [/QUOTE]

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