Knowing which monsters have which Intelligence will help us improve our monster designs. Now that you understand the basics of Intelligence and what it can do for players, let’s take a look at how it relates to monsters. It’s a little ironic that a wizard’s best stat is also the one it will use the least to avoid spell attacks! Intelligence: Spellcastingīut we all know what Intelligence is really used for, right? Wizards! Intelligence is the spellcasting ability that determines a wizard’s save DCs and attack bonuses for the spells they use. Interestingly, only three spells in the entire Player’s Handbook require an Intelligence save: phantasmal force, symbol, and feeblemind. While not one of the “big three,” Intelligence does come into play quite a bit when dealing with psychic attacks and other attacks related to the mind.
If you’ve ever played the third edition, you might be a fan of this much smaller list or absolutely hate it. Those skills are arcana, history, investigation, nature, and religion. Intelligence is tied with Wisdom for the most number of skills directly tied to it: five. 12-15 are typical human limits, with 16-19 being exceptionally rare individuals. If we go by the traditional scoring for Dungeons & Dragons stats, an Intelligence of 10-11 is human average. You can read more about Intelligence as it relates to encounter in this cool article on Keith’s site: Why These Tactics?
Some Dungeon Masters such as myself and Keith Ammann of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing also use it heavily to influence the tactical decision-making process of creature encounters. Intelligence measures mental acuity, memory, and its accuracy, and the ability to reason. What does each point in Intelligence mean? Optional rules: takebacks, predictions, and time limits.Where do the Monster Manual monsters stand in terms of Intelligence?.What does each point in Intelligence mean?.Can you really give a “score” to something so intangible? Even in the real world, things like IQ scores have an aura of hokum to them. I say controversial because it’s somewhat hard to quantify what Intelligence means. We’re out of the physical abilities now and on to the mental starting with the most “controversial” of the three: Intelligence. DM Dave 9 Comments on Monster Abilities Part 4 – Intelligence Posted in Articles
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