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[Retread]

People with Intelligence ratings of 1 or 2, most likely

[Gabriel]

Hehehe... funny you should mention that. I believe Klaxon had a 2 or 3 intelligence.

Gabriel

[Retread]

I expect characters with low intelligence to have histories that reflect that fact. No graduating from Yale with an intellect of 2...

[Gabriel]

Hell, no graduating 3rd grade with an Intelligence of 2.

Gabriel

[Retread]

Schools are like rubber stamps, you could get by with an intelligence of 2, but you'd skate by with bad grades and maybe English R/W of no more than 3, provided you don't disappear or drop out before then, as most shadowrunners are wont to do.

[kv]

Well, a 3 is average (at least in 3rd edition), so a 2 is only a little below average... of course, 1 is total mental retardation, but I know that's one of Gabe's pet peeves, so I'll leave it alone.

In any case, think scholarship athlete or someone who gets by on borrowed fame- sons and daughters of famous or really rich people, for instance.

  -kv

[ROOTless]

Based on what I've seen, I'd argue that you can get through school with Int 2. Int 1 might be harder, but Int 2, not too much of a problem.

[Gabriel]

Once again, we get into the fine detailing of a broad statistic system. Oh well. I figure if you are between normal and retarded (and that is right between them) then you are pretty damn stupid. And yeah, you might be able to get through schhol, but that's not a given.

ANYWAY, what were we talking about?

Gabriel

[ROOTless]

Gabe, didn't you pay attention?

[Gabriel]

Me??? Oh come on now ROOTless, you should know me better than that by now.

Gabriel

[Poison]

I can't be bothered looking through 9 pages of forum to find out the topic... but Intelligence is supposed to represent learning ability... so someone with an Intelligence of 2 would have to work harder to learn stuff than an Intelligence of 3, 4 ,etc.

That doesn't mean that they'd fail to complete <insert education level here>.  It means that they'd have to work a lot harder at it than your average person, get tutoring, or the like.  It's also highly unlikely (though not impossible) that they'd be able to keep up with the pace of higher learning institutions due to the amount of extra work needed.

[Retread]

Precisely, so naturally you'd spend more of your Karma learning things like Football and Dating, right?

[ROOTless]

Not necessarily.
For one thing, it's a lot more expensive to get, say, chemistry knowledge skill at 5 when you have an Int 0f 2 than with an Int of 5.

Also means you're more likely to make some less-than-bright choices though.

[Gabriel]

i.e. your PC ends up as an idiot.

Gabriel

[Retread]

Well, you don't get the bonus points at character creation.