hmmm.
first number is the one the test gave me: second is the one I would give me. comments in italics.
Str: 8 (13)
How about leg strength, huh?
Int: 12 (16)
Come on. How much school you've completed is not a valid measure of intelligence.
Wis: 14
Dex: 13
Con: 11
Ok, these three are all about right. Dex is confounded by the 'if I'm payinjg attention' factor - probably goes down to 9 if no, up to 15 or 16 if yes.
Chr: 15 (11)
Maybe this is a subjective thing, but I do not see myself as at all charismatic.Weird.
first number is the one the test gave me: second is the one I would give me. comments in italics.
Str: 8 (13)
How about leg strength, huh?
Int: 12 (16)
Come on. How much school you've completed is not a valid measure of intelligence.
Wis: 14
Dex: 13
Con: 11
Ok, these three are all about right. Dex is confounded by the 'if I'm payinjg attention' factor - probably goes down to 9 if no, up to 15 or 16 if yes.
Chr: 15 (11)
Maybe this is a subjective thing, but I do not see myself as at all charismatic.Weird.
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And do you then evily manipulate them and laugh about how much power you have?
Ummm... nevermind *goes back to her corner*
(I was a very evil child. I'd say to people, right in front of my parents, things like: I can manipulate my parents, I can even say this right in front of them, because they will consider it to be cute.)
intelligence: no, and neither is your IQ, necessarily. i'm also curious what it takes to get a high INT rating, because you're a Mensite and I'm guessing your IQ is pretty high. a 12 seems awful low.
and yeah, my charisma seemed a bit high, as well.
Granted IQ isn't a perfect measure of intelligence, but it's certainly better than how much schooling you've had.
i see myself as being pretty charismatic; i wasn't surprised by the 18 it gave me.
STR is used in the following manners
Melee Attack -- 90% Upper-body 10% Lower-body
Melee Damage -- 70% Upper 30% Lower (Good use of lower body str can really enhance the power behind a melee strike)
Grapple Checks -- 50 - 50, it varies based on how it is done grappled,
Bull Rush -- 10% Upper 90% Lower
Break Object Checks -- 90% Upper 10% Lower
Climb Checks -- 30% Upper 70% Lower (this one is difficult because expert climbers use 60% Upper and 40% Lower.
Jump Checks -- 10% Upper 90% Lower
Swim Checks -- 30% Upper 70% Lower
Weight Carriable-- 30% Upper 70% Lower
Pushing/Dragging---30% Upper 70% Lower
Lift Over Head ---70% Upper 30% Lower
Based on that evaluation, Lower body strenght does, or should, have nearly as impact in DnD as Upper Body, which is not represented in this survey
Personally, I think the 3rd edition scores should be interpreted as 2 points = 1 standard deviation away from the mean for humans. This might have to be modified slightly since women simply don't get strength scores above 20, but almost certainly have a higher "ceiling" on dexterity than men.
bench or military press is about as objective a measurement of arm strength as one could get, actually, so i don't see a problem with that mapping.
You're right about the subjectivity of the other measurements, but, well, we're looking at a model of life. Not life. In most of these situations we'd need modifiers for types of activities.
I guess thats where skills come in (I'm a lot wiser when it comes to engineering than literature, and a lot more dextrous with model building than with juggling. Intelligence is likely to be a sticking point for many of us, because I suspect we all like to think we're very intelligent. And we'd all argue its nearly impossible to get a consistent objective measure of one's intelligence.)