Bazil Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Hi fellow Keepers Last game one of my PC after interaction with artifact left only with 4 INT. And I don`t know how to role-play this? One of ideas - he`s now quite slow learner. Lower his skill increase to half, or just give him other way of it during investigator development phase. Slow interaction with other, penalty die for social skills and intelligence related skills for the first time(removed later), to show change of mind. Do you have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Hmm ... provided you are using the 6th edition of Call of Cthulhu, an INT of 4 is the equivalent of a not very bright gorilla's intelligence. The character should be unable to use any science or technology skills at all, and should otherwise have very much reduced intelligence related skills.However, I would not reduce social skills which are not obviously intelligence based, the character is still a "social animal". As for learning new skills, you should probably take a look at animal training, because the character would probably do only a little better than the average dog or horse. Frankly, as the character's referee I would be very much tempted to tell the player to retire the character or at least to remove him temporarily from the game - for example in an asylum - until his condition can be healed. Edited July 11, 2016 by rust Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazil Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 I`m using 7th edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Bazil said: I`m using 7th edition Unfortunately this makes it even worse, because with the 7th edition the character with an INT of 4 has only 1/5 of the intelligence of a not very bright gorilla from the 6th edition. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 The character is almost brain dead... Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterioso Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Character is pretty much unplayable now and should be retired via placement in a sanitarium, which gives a hook for a future scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 So basically the character is severely brain damaged. They still eat and breathe and move but they are operating at an animal or infantile level. They have lost most of the power of speech, but may remember simple words and commands, but behaviors will have to be trained as with animals. They likely have no sense of self i.e. they have no reflexive association with the idea of themselves as a person, they cannot "be" they merely "do". They have no notion of deferred gratification i.e. they cannot plan ahead. They also have no theory of mind i.e. they don't identify with people and don't understand their relationship with other people because they don't recognise sentience in others or themselves. It goes without saying that they will not be toilet trained, and will have no notion of personal hygiene. They may also become aggressive if frightened. They will also scream quite a lot because they don't understand what they are doing. They make Ruprecht the Monkey Boy seem like the model of civility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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