That's a fair point, but I'm going to quote the Player's Handbook section on Intelligence here. I'll spoiler it too, as you're definitely right that the thread's getting a bit cluttered. (View Post)

While I'll admit I was oversimplifying it, the D&D scores don't run on a parallel bell curve similiar to that of reality. Take a strength score of 18/00, the highest natural score possible. Accor… (View Post)

Yeah, but if we take 10 as the average intelligence and equivalent to an IQ of 100, then all these people saying 16+ are claiming to have IQ of 160. That's rare prodigy level. Remember that an INT of… (View Post)

Another factor is that BG1 is much more RNG based. Everyone's numbers and statistics are lower, meaning there's more room for whims of the D20 to take control. In BG2, if you know what you're doing t… (View Post)

I still find many of the background graphics for BG2 to be very pleasant. BG1 has dated a bit worse, but it's still passable. (View Post)