12.5 is average for an adventuring hero using the standard array plus typical adjustments for race. Even if you roll 3d6 across the board with no adjustments, old school, 10.5 is average.

Not really. It's more broad and includes it's original meaning of divine grace or presence. Why would sorcerer's spellcasting ability be charisma? It's broader than social charisma since sorcerer's cast with their innate abilities.

Wisdom is such a weird attribute in ttrpgs, it is often overloaded with the concept of perception. But at the same time I don't necessarily think it should be split to it's own thing, more attributes aren't necessarily better.

Incorrect, 10 is the average for the average human.

I was like "do I?" And looked around my room for the first thing I could use as an improvised club and my eyes landed on a sex toy.

Isn't high int a scholar (knowledge), high wis a smartie and high char a talker (merchant / politician)? Unintuitive but makes sense imo.

Those are SO not in the order I remember back when I used to pay. It was: STR\ INT\ WIS\ DEX\ CON\ CHA. As an added bonus, I remember the coin on the character sheets as being: Gold\ Silver\ Copper\ Platinum\ Electrum Probably helps to know I played in the late 70’s when campaigns like Keep on the Borderlands was a new thing and came in a box.

What was the old saying? Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom Is knowing not to bake it into a cake.

wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad charisma is selling salsa

well it'll work unless it's too flexible, idk what kind of toy it is

Hah! Good one!

CHA is knowing what to say to get what you want. A paladin uses CHA because they have to know exactly what to say to their deity to get the result they need. If they can't rizz up their gods, they get no power.

I think fallout's S.P.E.C.I.A.L works quite well. Wisdom isn't a thing by itself, it's split between perception, charisma, and intelligence, for the most part.

Hey, I’m all for nostalgia, but reordering it to separate the physical stats from the mental ones was a very good idea. I’m pretty sure my first game back when I was… 10? (long time ago)… also used the Str Int Wis order. But you know… that order got changed REAL fast… 2e, iirc. And good riddance.

Vitality: Whatever it is that makes wild hogs unkillable.

Wasn't it copper-silver-electrum-gold-platinum? That would be the order of value as I remember it but I haven't looked at the boxed stuff in years.

The words in the pictures have some diabolical keming

Intelligence is being able to describe why rain exists and why it is raining. Wisdom is understanding that you can do the above while not standing in a rainstorm

You’d think, but nope. Not as I recall.

I attribute it like the line, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should." Just because someome is brainy and knows a lot of specialized facts doesn't mean they'll always make wise decisions.