Comments on: Confessions of a Squatter on Five Wisdom Street http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/ Five veteran gamers, plus special guests, share their insights, rants, and raves about all things gaming, especially board games and RPGs. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:41:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: noisms http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/comment-page-1/#comment-51308 noisms Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:34:22 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/#comment-51308 <p>I once played a Dwarf Fighter in a D&D campaign with a Wisdom of 4, and it went much as you mentioned. He had two modes of dealing with a situation: charging in with a morning star, or sulking. I think the other players rapidly became annoyed, but luckily they were mostly annoyed just with my character, so it came across as their <i>characters</i> being annoyed; this made sense and was actually quite good for the game in the long term. Gradually an equilibrium was reached where the other members of the party had a kind of reluctant tolerance for my Dwarf's antics and I think a few of the problems he inflicted added a new level of interest.</p> <p>A character in a game I'm running now has a Charisma of 3; his player just hams it up as being obscenely shy to the point where he can barely speak.</p> I once played a Dwarf Fighter in a D&D campaign with a Wisdom of 4, and it went much as you mentioned. He had two modes of dealing with a situation: charging in with a morning star, or sulking. I think the other players rapidly became annoyed, but luckily they were mostly annoyed just with my character, so it came across as their characters being annoyed; this made sense and was actually quite good for the game in the long term. Gradually an equilibrium was reached where the other members of the party had a kind of reluctant tolerance for my Dwarf’s antics and I think a few of the problems he inflicted added a new level of interest.

A character in a game I’m running now has a Charisma of 3; his player just hams it up as being obscenely shy to the point where he can barely speak.

]]> By: The Emperor http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/comment-page-1/#comment-51293 The Emperor Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:09:52 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/#comment-51293 <p>LOVE the Jack from sideways analogy for low wis...</p> <p>despite how it may have been perceived, I cannot honestly recall ratcheting difficulty specifically to KM's wheel o destruction. Could have been that the party size was 8 pcs, and all but two had fighter or fighter subclass levels. The party was a Cuissinart, KM was just the first one into the fray. And its PA system...</p> <p>"People of Westport, I, Killington Mann, with 'The Raging Philosophers' shall now embark at this time to henceforth free you from the tyranny of..."</p> LOVE the Jack from sideways analogy for low wis…

despite how it may have been perceived, I cannot honestly recall ratcheting difficulty specifically to KM’s wheel o destruction. Could have been that the party size was 8 pcs, and all but two had fighter or fighter subclass levels. The party was a Cuissinart, KM was just the first one into the fray. And its PA system…

“People of Westport, I, Killington Mann, with ‘The Raging Philosophers’ shall now embark at this time to henceforth free you from the tyranny of…”

]]> By: KarasDjun http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/comment-page-1/#comment-51281 KarasDjun Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:15:48 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/06/03/confessions-of-a-squatter-on-five-wisdom-street/#comment-51281 <p>I find it rather hard to play someone dumber or less wise than myself. Low Charisma I think I have down pat (just being a natural...). I have a 5 Int paladin rolled up for D&D 3.5 that I played recently. In order to play the role correctly I constantly involved myself in side conversations in which I'd ask the same questions over and over again, thus ignoring the DM and what was happening around me. When asked for my turn, I looked for the closest adversary and attacked with my sword. I also had a soft spot for animals. Attacking ANY animal, defenseless or not, set him off (he was a paladin empowered by a NG earth goddess - don't ask). I normally take meticulous notes and pay attention to everything in other campaigns. By not doing so in this one, I have no idea what's happening most of the time, which is perfect for this Intelligence level. That being said, some of the best one-liners in our sessions came from someone reacting to the paladin's stupidity. You can be capable at what you do and still do stupid things. Since a low Wisdom represents a lack of common sense, that would DEFINITELY cause problems in any group.</p> I find it rather hard to play someone dumber or less wise than myself. Low Charisma I think I have down pat (just being a natural…). I have a 5 Int paladin rolled up for D&D 3.5 that I played recently. In order to play the role correctly I constantly involved myself in side conversations in which I’d ask the same questions over and over again, thus ignoring the DM and what was happening around me. When asked for my turn, I looked for the closest adversary and attacked with my sword. I also had a soft spot for animals. Attacking ANY animal, defenseless or not, set him off (he was a paladin empowered by a NG earth goddess - don’t ask). I normally take meticulous notes and pay attention to everything in other campaigns. By not doing so in this one, I have no idea what’s happening most of the time, which is perfect for this Intelligence level. That being said, some of the best one-liners in our sessions came from someone reacting to the paladin’s stupidity. You can be capable at what you do and still do stupid things. Since a low Wisdom represents a lack of common sense, that would DEFINITELY cause problems in any group.

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