If we go by the traditional scoring for Dungeons & Dragons stats, an Intelligence of 10-11 is human average. You can read more about Intelligence as it relates to encounter in this cool article on Keith’s site: Why These Tactics? Some Dungeon Masters such as myself and Keith Ammann of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing also use it heavily to influence the tactical decision-making process of creature encounters. Intelligence measures mental acuity, memory, and its accuracy, and the ability to reason. What does each point in Intelligence mean? Optional rules: takebacks, predictions, and time limits.Where do the Monster Manual monsters stand in terms of Intelligence?.What does each point in Intelligence mean?.Can you really give a “score” to something so intangible? Even in the real world, things like IQ scores have an aura of hokum to them. I say controversial because it’s somewhat hard to quantify what Intelligence means. We’re out of the physical abilities now and on to the mental starting with the most “controversial” of the three: Intelligence.
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