Your character's intelligence score represents his rational thinking and cognitive abilities. It also reflects his ability to learn new things and react to new surroundings. Intelligence determines how perceptive a character can be, how much and how quickly he can learn, and generally how 'smart' he is.
Intelligence Score |
Description |
Example |
0 |
Comatose* |
A jam sandwich |
1 |
Handicapped |
A very unintelligent human, most animals |
2 |
Dim |
A notably slow human |
3 |
Average |
The vast majority of humanity |
4 |
Clever |
A highly talented scientist, writer, lawyer, etc. |
5 |
Genius |
The very best and brightest |
6+ |
Superhuman | |
* see Nonabilities, later in this chapter |