| From: | William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR> |
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| Subject: | Re: Idea for SR3 |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:08:32 +0100 |
>> the ShadowRun I use. And it's pretty simple - change the name of
>> Intelligence to Perception.
>
>> I did it after getting annoyed at the Int 5 Ork street sam that
>> behaved so stupidly one can't believe it. Besides, EarthDawn uses
>> Perception instead of Intelligence (and Body is called Toughness, but
>> I left it the old way..), and Reaction and Combat Pool make more
>> sense when it depends on Perception, not Intelligence. A scientist is
>> not necessarily going to be fast (especially an archetypical
>> bumbling, perpetually confused scientifical genius), and somebody who
>> is pretty perceptive is not necessarily the brightest man on the
>> Earth...
IMO Intelligence is really intelligence in SR. So why do we use it as
perception ? Well, I think it's the way you explain what's happening around
you instead of what you see. I think it's considered you see and hear
everything necessary and your int roll is what you get from all these
informations.
But, intelligence doesn't prevent you from being dumb. If an ork does have
an intelligence of 5, that means he has a very good alertness and
(unconsciously ?) is very aware of what happens around him. But that
doesn't make him clever...
Cobra.
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