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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Snake (Speed Samurai)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 10:55:33 +0200
>OK. The original poster of Snake had it right. Intelligence is the most
>misnamed of the six SR stats. It should rightly be called Perception.
[snip]
>Furthermore, what is the
>most common test that uses Int? A PERCEPTION test.

And that is what gets most new players confused. "Roll a Perception Test" is
usualyl followed by puzzling looks at the character sheet, followed by more
puzzling looks at the GM. Untl you tell them "Oh, damn. That means 'Roll an
_Intelligence_ test."

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