Timeline for How to run a campaign for intelligent players with idiot PCs?

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Jun 12, 2015 at 1:55	comment	added	Lino Frank Ciaralli		I don't know what's up with my tags. This is the 2nd time it's done this. I tag up for 3e and 5e, not Pathfinder, and I keep ending up in pathfinder threads. Sorry, I'll make sure I double check VERY thoroughly next time.
Jun 12, 2015 at 0:18	comment	added	GMJoe		@LinoFrankCiaralli In Pathfinder, animal intelligence doesn't get above 2, and PC intelligence can get as low as 3 without loss of languages; I suspect the scores you're quoting come from a different edition of D&D, which allowed animals a greater range of smarts. (In 2e, for example, dophins had human-level intelligence.) This is a pathfinder question - check the tags.
Jun 11, 2015 at 11:18	comment	added	Lino Frank Ciaralli		While I find this hilarious, the problem a character with 3 Int poses is that they would be on par with an animal mentally. A cat has an Int score of 3. A Bear 2. An ape has 6. So a character with an Int of 3 would only act on instinct, and would have no language or any other skills. For instance, there wouldn't be many situations where a character could be lucky because you wouldn't even be able to give them a quest. I mean, how are you supposed to communicate it to them? At least an ape can learn sign language. Most creatures understand languages starting at Int 7.
Jun 11, 2015 at 1:45	history	answered	Darren	CC BY-SA 3.0