Let’s assume 10 is an average person and 30 is world class
- Strength
- Dexterity
- Constitution
- Intelligence
- Wisdom
- Charisma
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Strength: 9
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Dexterity: 10
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Constitution: 11
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Intelligence: 15
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Wisdom: 13
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Charisma: 10
(i think this depends a lot on how you imagine the average person)
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Str 17 Dex 7 Con 6 Int 15 Wis 6 Cha 13
Starting stats. I’m a large guy and just naturally strong. Low dex, I can’t do any activity involving balance other than ride a bike. Con is low, I get sick and when I donit hits hard. Pretty high Int, computer science and gifted. But sabotaged by failing out of college more than once. Cha is ok, I’m an introvert who be engaging when he wants.
Now in my in my 50s Str is down. Int is down, or maybe my Wis has come up enough to realize my Int isn’t as high as I thought.
Rated by me:
- Strength 10 (Garmin says I’m a champ ;-)
- Dexterity 15
- Constitution 9
- Intelligence 20
- Wisdom 15
- Charisma 5
How I expect my friends would rate me:
- Strength 15 because I’m a man
- Dexterity 15 because I have long arms and legs and I’m thin (but not super athletic)
- Constitution 20 (im so damn tired and people overestimate how much more I can carry)
- Intelligence 20 (four eyes and fit the stereotype)
- Wisdom 5 (I joke a lot which hides my wise takes which often require emotional energy that I don’t like to expend
- Charisma 15 (I don’t feel charismatic, but people keep annoyingly pointing at hard evidence that shows that I’m doing much better than I think)
I’ve been working really hard the last few years to put new points into Charisma, and I’ve been building constitution and strength through long brutal bike rides with massive hills regardless of weather.
10 is an average human, so all of us would be 10 or lower for all stats unless we are appreciably above the mean.
Body builders probably would have str around 15 or something.
A PhD scholar would probably have int and wis around there too.
its very safe to say most PhD scholars are well below the mean on Wisdom.
If 10 is average then anyone above the mean is above 10? Strongmen, Olympic lifters etc. are close to 30 str, since that is “world class”.
I would guess that a lot of “ordinary” people have at least one stat where they are above average, just based on how low “average” is for a lot of stats, and how most people are decently good at something.
I’m being needlessly pedantic.
In dnd heroes get strong enough to wrestle with a dragon through magic and what not. I don’t think any human devoid of stuff like that would even get to 20 str.
Maybe int and wis are different, I don’t know what 20 int would really be like.
I was just basing myself off OP’s scale, where 10 was “average” and 30 was “world class”, which I interpret as shifting the scale compared to how it would be in a dnd-game, such that the whole scale applies to actual humans.
In that spirit, I think it’s fair to put a talented engineer at 20 int, and an absurdly talented polymath at 30 int. My personal experience is that engineers with some years of field experience are often more “intelligent” (i.e. better at general problem solving) than most PhD’s.
You know, I am about 15 years into my Comp Sci career. I was just thinking about how some solutions to problems just “appear” these days. I was thinking it was wisdom, i have seen the same types of problems for years and know how to fix them better
I remember as a student when I couldn’t understand how professors could “just see” the solutions to problems. I’ve been reflecting after teaching a bit that I’m becoming that person, and how it just feels natural now, and that it’s really just because once you’ve seen enough problems in your field everything kind of just fits together, so new problems don’t really look that new anymore. It feels good to be honest, but I have a hard time thinking of it as wisdom, more just accumulated experience (then again, what is really “wisdom”?)
Haha, even when playing DND I don’t really understand wisdom :)
What do you teach?
“Wisdom”: You’re a sorcerer with a long beard. “Intelligence”: You’re the annoying engineering type that breaks the DM’s beta in creative ways.
I’m a chemist, and I lecture in some engineering-related courses (mostly thermodynamics and mathematics)
I suppose? I quite like the way World of Darkness did it. There wasn’t as much gradation, but the average human was 2/5, and if you were kind of good at something, or you took a community college course, or something, you could justify a 3. The qualifications in the book were a scale the average person in real life was familiar with and probably even had few of (so my EMT license was a 2 in medicine, my Eagle scout was a 1 in survival, and so forth).
It really made you feel unique, rather than promote this “NPC” shit.
Str: 11 (I work out a couple times a week and go on 2 walks a day which is more than most people)
Dex: 10 (idk so I assume average)
Con: 10 (see above)
Int: 8 (I have some memory problems)
Wis: 11 (I figured out how to learn things and get a tech job despite the above)
Cha: Are negative numbers allowed?It doesn’t matter because I already have 3 points of exhaustion. 🫨
- STR - 15
- DEX - 5
- CON - 2
- INT - 18
- WIS - 3
- CHA - 5
I’m big and a geek but I’m also old and poor with very little impulse control .
The same as a random villager NPC from 3e.
Even a level 1 PC is like 3 times better than a non-adventuring NPC.
No luck stat? Because we all tend to underestimate how much luck plays into everything.
I threatened to run this as a booth at a gaming convention once. Set up 6-12 basic challenges and then print certificates with your “real life stats block”
I thought about running a stretching class called +1dex.
Sounds hilarious. Can’t wait for my 6 8s.
My group did a multi-shot where we played ourselves, and we each set each other’s stats. Each of us took a turn being DM so we could each play ourselves.
Mine was something like 8, 9, 8, 14, 12, 8
I’d have to dig up that ancient sheet to know for sure.
Then I spent a decent chunk of the campaign trying to build a phone charger out of random things you’d find in Chult.
Follow up question: You say that 10 is average and 30 is world class, but what kind of distribution are we talking about, and what is the variance?
If I’m the strongest guy in a randomly selected group of 100, I’m far above average, but still miles away from being world class, but does that put my strength at closer to 15 or closer to 20? (Please note: I would not be the strongest in a random group of 100, unless all the other 99 happen to have severe muscle atrophy)
This some 18INT nerd shit
I’m fun at parties, please believe me!
Depends on your charisma stat…
I assume around 20 is compete at national level. Almost 30 is compete at international level.
• Strength 16 (only because I have abnormally strong legs)
• Dexterity 14
• Constitution 2
• Intelligence 8
• Wisdom 20
• Charisma 16
14 STR - I’m a bit above the average person. That’s despite not working out–I could be a lot stronger. Otherwise, I’m more of a good shot than a good puncher. I can still push harder sometimes.
20 DEX - Quick on my feet, nimble, and extra good at not falling. I’d better be, or my status of being a fox is a complete lie.
16 CON - I’m somewhat difficult to break. I have a high pain tolerance as well… not to mention being very determined. The downside is that while I can conserve my energy extremely well in the long run, it does get spent quickly when used all at once, and takes a while to come back.
19 INT - I have always been remarked as intelligent. I will still conveniently forget very basic things. Thanks, ADHD.
24 WIS - I’d handily call this my best stat, and something I could genuinely pursue a successful career in. I am a philosopher, of sorts, and I semi-consistently surprise with my insight. Just don’t tell them about the LSD.
12 CHA - I’m too moody and quiet to give a better score. Very split here. I’m either cute, funny and loving, or an absolute asshole–and my in-between is silence. I can be excellent talk, and I’m described as well spoken, but it’s just too inconsistent. This stat is improving, though.
I’m more of a talker (if I’m not angry) and supportive player. If someone needs something, for some reason, I’ll always have it on hand. I can fight (and you obviously wouldn’t want to be hit by me), but my big talents are all unrelated to fighting.
- Str: 8
- Dex: 10
- Con: 12
- Int: 11
- Wis: 10
- Cha: 12
Pretty boring tbh, I don’t get sick very often at all and can forrest gump it for ages. My Cha at 21 would probably be 11 but I do think I’ve developed a decent amount just through life experience/learning how to build rapport quickly with new colleagues and acquaintances who have become friends
