Intelligence (ability stat) - Revision history

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Tao alexis at 21:58, 13 October 2023

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Maxwell: /* Brave (2 pts.) */

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Brave (2 pts.)

Maxwell: /* Primary Attribute */

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Primary Attribute

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Maxwell at 04:40, 10 January 2023

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Tao alexis: /* Description of Intelligence Pts. */

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Description of Intelligence Pts.

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Tao alexis: /* Primitive (5 pts.) */

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Primitive (5 pts.)

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-'''Intelligence''' is an [[Ability Stats|ability stat]], variously inclusive of logic, understanding, reasoning and calculating self-awareness.  In most game situations, [[Ability Checks|ability checks]] for intelligence are used to resolve situations where conscious awareness of details or personal alertness needs determining.  Game intelligence bears no similarity at all to the character's "intelligence quotient."  Intelligence helps define a character's ability to learn; but when discussing what a character HAS learned, that is more appropriately discussed under [[Wisdom (ability stat)|wisdom]].
+'''Intelligence''' is an [[Ability Stats|ability stat]] that encompasses faculties such as logic, understanding, reasoning and self-awareness.  In gameplay, intelligence [[Ability Checks|ability checks]] often come into play when there's a need to determine a character's attention to detail or their level of alertness.  It's essential to note that in-game intelligence doesn't equate to the character's "intelligence quotient" or IQ in real-world terms. While intelligence denotes a character's potential or capacity to learn, any conversation about what the character has already acquired in terms of knowledge and experience would more fittingly fall under the realm of [[Wisdom (ability stat)|wisdom]].
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 Players cannot use the character's intelligence as a shortcut or alternative means of solving game problems.  Players cannot spontaneously announce that they're making an intelligence check to see if they "understand" something a non-character has said or done.  Players must depend on their own abilities in these instances, as this is the game.

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 [[:Category:Brave Intelligence|These creatures]] are commonly hunters and carnivores, but also include a dull-witted class of animals that can be [[Domestication|domesticated]], such as sheep, goats and tamed cattle.  Some such creatures have an intelligence above 2, but this is the minimum number without the use of magic.
-Brave creatures are capable of '''fondness''', '''loyalty''' and '''angry'''; as a result, many creatures with this level of intelligence form familial and "pack" bonds, especially lower-order carnivores that are [[Canine|canine]] or [[Feline|feline]].  Family relationships may last for life.  Commonly, a strong bond is formed with a single mate if the creature participates in sexual reproduction, supporting each other when caring for their offspring.  They hunt and attack any creature the group feels it can overcome, or succeed in breaking apart so as to chase down one individual as prey.  If confronted, they are aggressive and defensive, giving ground only when forced to do so — though in some cases the stance of defense is a ruse to throw off an enemy so the creature can flee.  In combat, brave creatures prefer to use [[Pack-tactics|pack-tactics]] to hunt prey.
+Brave creatures are capable of '''fondness''', '''loyalty''' and '''anger'''; as a result, many creatures with this level of intelligence form familial and "pack" bonds, especially lower-order carnivores that are [[Canine|canine]] or [[Feline|feline]].  Family relationships may last for life.  Commonly, a strong bond is formed with a single mate if the creature participates in sexual reproduction, supporting each other when caring for their offspring.  They hunt and attack any creature the group feels it can overcome, or succeed in breaking apart so as to chase down one individual as prey.  If confronted, they are aggressive and defensive, giving ground only when forced to do so — though in some cases the stance of defense is a ruse to throw off an enemy so the creature can flee.  In combat, brave creatures prefer to use [[Pack-tactics|pack-tactics]] to hunt prey.
 === Protective (3 pts.) ===

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 The '''Knowledge of Spells table''' indicates the mage's chance to understand each spell according to their intelligence.  The new mage rolls a percentile-die for each possible spell the character may ever learn (although usually, it's sufficient to roll for [[Mage 1st Level Spells|1st level spells]] until the character reaches an [[Experience Level|experience level]] where [[Mage 2nd Level Spells|2nd level mage spells]] are available.)  The "minimum number" explains the bare minimum number of spells the character must end with after making their rolls.
-'''For example''', the character Greer has a 14 intelligence somehow rolls so badly that despite there being 35 possible mage spells at 2nd level, she succeeded in only successfully rolling 11; stranger things have happened.  As she's entitled to a minimum of 12, the die are not rolled again; the character is allowed to choose from those spells she missed in order to make up the difference.
+'''For example''', the character Greer has a 14 intelligence somehow rolls so badly that despite there being 35 possible mage spells at 2nd level, she succeeded in only successfully rolling 11; stranger things have happened.  As she's entitled to a minimum of 12, the dice are not rolled again; the character is allowed to choose from those spells she missed in order to make up the difference.
 The "maximum spell level" indicated on the table indicates the character's highest limit of spell they can possibly learn.  In the example given, Greer would not be able to use 8th or 9th level spells.  A mage with a 9 intelligence couldn't use any spell higher than 4th.  Take note that many [[Humanoid|humanoids]], such as [[Orc|orcs]] and [[Goblin|goblins]], have mages among their number with no better than a 9 intelligence, as the general intelligence of these races is much less than [[Human Race & Physiology|humans]] or [[Demi-human|demi-humans]].

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 === Intelligence Effect on Combat ===
-We can appreciate that [[Combat|combat]] consists of a wide range of tactics and abilities that rationally require different degrees of training and mental acuity.  We would expect that a creature with 5 intelligence would be more apt to rush directly into combat than one with 15.  The motivation for why the creature would enter into combat differs greatly also.  A rhinoceros might be merely bad-tempered, while an elephant is more likely to be protecting its young.  More intelligent creatures fight over honour, king and country, and for greed and the accumulation power.
+We can appreciate that [[Combat|combat]] consists of a wide range of tactics and abilities that rationally require different degrees of training and mental acuity.  We would expect that a creature with 5 intelligence would be more apt to rush directly into combat than one with 15.  The motivation for why the creature would enter into combat differs greatly also.  A rhinoceros might be merely bad-tempered, while an elephant is more likely to be protecting its young.  More intelligent creatures fight over honour, king and country, and for greed and the accumulation of power.
 It's argued that more intelligent creatures fight for better reasons — though perhaps killing for the sole purpose of not dying from hunger is the "best" of all — one requiring no intelligence at all.

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 == Description of Intelligence Pts. ==
 === Animal (1 pt.) ===
 [[:Category:Animal Intelligence|These]] includes [[Animal|Animals]] of the lowest order, which rely predominantly on hormonal response coupled with the bare-minimum of self-awareness.  Able to feel "fear," most animals of this intelligence herd together in large numbers for defense; they have no protective instinct for others, however, unhesitatingly abandoning those that become prey for carnivores — even their own offspring.  In most cases, those of animal intelligence seek to flee and will confront only if cornered and desperate.

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 == Description of Intelligence Pts. ==
-=== Non-intelligent (0 pts.) ===
+These creatures lack all self-awareness and are directed entirely by the hormonal needs for food and procreation.  Thus each creature of this type occupies itself with hunting for food — either as a carnivore or herbivore — and creating a temporary lair in which it can lay its eggs.  Some creatures of this type are wholly nomadic, laying their eggs in the body of prey, which serves as food for the young as they gestate.  They cannot communicate or "speak" at all, as they haven't thoughts.
 Once engaged in '''combat''', these creatures are incapable of self-preservation; as a result, they always fight to the death.  This can make some forms of this creature that occur in large numbers — such as social insects, that may number in the scores or hundreds — very dangerous once a battle is engaged.  A release of pheromones causes these creatures to "cooperate" in attacking prey or defending their nest, but this behaviour is entirely reflexive and not indicative of real cooperation.

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-=== Primitive (5 pts.) ===
+=== Primitive Social (5 pts.) ===
 Minimum necessary for a humanoid culture.  Creatures are able to perform all familiar tasks related to food gathering, hunting, raising offspring, sorting and sharing material wealth and rough hand-made tools without checks, but do not have interpretive-based sage abilities.