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I ran an Excel file on: \\\"If an IQ test measured Intelligence reliably, how would it translate to [[HonestRollsCharacter a 3d6]]?\\\" Here is what I got: (A plus or minus by a number means that the range generally extends beyond 0.4 past the number in that direction. Note that a score 100 is the boundary between 10 and 11 \\\'\\\'by definition\\\'\\\'.)

||3d6||Min IQ||Max IQ||
|| 3 || -45 || 61 ||
|| 4 || -62 || 68+ ||
|| 5 || 69 || 74+ ||
|| 6 || 75 || 80 ||
|| 7 || -81 || 85 ||
|| 8 || -86 || 90 ||
|| 9 || -91 || 95 ||
||10|| -96 || 99+ ||
||11|| -101 || 104+ ||
||12|| 105 || 109+ ||
||13|| 110 || 114+ ||
||14|| 115 || 119+ ||
||15|| 120 || 125 ||
||16|| -126 || 131 ||
||17|| -132 || 138+ ||
||18|| 139 || 155+ ||

Given [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#IQ_below_70 the classes of mental deficiency based on IQ]] (though malleable due to other factors), an intelligence score of 2 could correspond with an IQ between 20 and 44 inclusive and a score of 1 would be IQ<20. Conversely, IQ=180 could be the boundary between an intelligence \\\"score\\\" of 19 and 20 (with the boundary going down).

Still, as said in the previous comment, 5 Standard Deviations is likely the most precise level we can reach given a \\\'\\\'testable\\\'\\\' population of 1-2 billion. Therefore, we could define people with {{ImprobablyLowIQ}}s / {{ImprobablyHighIQ}}s as persons whose intelligence scores are too low/high [[HonestRollsCharacter to roll without modifiers]].

BTW, my Intelligence score, as \\\"rolled\\\" in the 4th Grade, is a 15. Also, one has to wonder if a significant faction of MENSA are [=D&D=] players, as the boundary for membership corresponds to the lower limit of a 3d6=17 on the above table.
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I ran an Excel file on: \\\"If an IQ test measured Intelligence reliably, how would it translate to [[HonestRollsCharacter a 3d6]]?\\\" Here is what I got: (A plus or minus by a number means that the range generally extends beyond 0.4 past the number in that direction. Note that a score 100 is the boundary between 10 and 11 \\\'\\\'by definition\\\'\\\'.)

||3d6||Min IQ||Max IQ||
|| 3 || -45 || 61 ||
|| 4 || -62 || 68+ ||
|| 5 || 69 || 74+ ||
|| 6 || 75 || 80 ||
|| 7 || -81 || 85 ||
|| 8 || -86 || 90 ||
|| 9 || -91 || 95 ||
||10|| -96 || 99+ ||
||11|| -101 || 104+ ||
||12|| 105 || 109+ ||
||13|| 110 || 114+ ||
||14|| 115 || 119+ ||
||15|| 120 || 125 ||
||16|| -126 || 131 ||
||17|| -132 || 138+ ||
||18|| 139 || 155+ ||

Given [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#IQ_below_70 the classes of mental deficiency based on IQ]] (though malleable due to other factors), that a intelligence score of 2 would correspond with an IQ between 20 and 44 inclusive and a score of 1 would be IQ<20. Conversely, IQ=180 would be the boundary between an intelligence \\\"score\\\" of 19 and 20 (with the boundary going down).

Still, as said in the previous comment, 5 Standard Deviations is likely the most precise level we can reach given a \\\'\\\'testable\\\'\\\' population of 1-2 billion. Therefore, we could define people with {{ImprobablyLowIQ}}s / {{ImprobablyHighIQ}}s as persons whose intelligence scores are too low/high [[HonestRollsCharacter to roll without modifiers]].

BTW, my Intelligence score, as \\\"rolled\\\" in the 4th Grade, is a 15. Also, one has to wonder if a significant faction of MENSA are [=D&D=] players, as the boundary for membership corresponds to the lower limit of a 3d6=17 on the above table.
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I ran an Excel file on: \\\"If an IQ test measured Intelligence reliably, how would it translate to [[HonestRollsCharacter a 3d6]]?\\\" Here is what I got: (A plus or minus by a number means that the range generally extends beyond 0.4 past the number in that direction. Note that a score 100 is the boundary between 10 and 11 \\\'\\\'by definition\\\'\\\'.)

||3d6||Min IQ||Max IQ||
|| 3 || -45 || 61 ||
|| 4 || -62 || 68+ ||
|| 5 || 69 || 74+ ||
|| 6 || 75 || 80 ||
|| 7 || -81 || 85 ||
|| 8 || -86 || 90 ||
|| 9 || -91 || 95 ||
||10|| -96 || 99+ ||
||11|| -101 || 104+ ||
||12|| 105 || 109+ ||
||13|| 110 || 114+ ||
||14|| 115 || 119+ ||
||15|| 120 ||125 ||
||16|| -126 ||131 ||
||17|| -132 || 138+ ||
||18|| 139 || 155+ ||

Given [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#IQ_below_70 the classes of mental deficiency based on IQ]] (though malleable due to other factors), that a intelligence score of 2 would correspond with an IQ between 20 and 44 inclusive and a score of 1 would be IQ<20. Conversely, IQ=180 would be the boundary between an intelligence \\\"score\\\" of 19 and 20 (with the boundary going down).

Still, as said in the previous comment, 5 Standard Deviations is likely the most precise level we can reach given a \\\'\\\'testable\\\'\\\' population of 1-2 billion. Therefore, we could define people with {{ImprobablyLowIQ}}s / {{ImprobablyHighIQ}}s as persons whose intelligence scores are too low/high [[HonestRollsCharacter to roll without modifiers]].

BTW, my Intelligence score, as \\\"rolled\\\" in the 4th Grade, is a 15. Also, one has to wonder if a significant faction of MENSA are [=D&D=] players, as the boundary for membership corresponds to the lower limit of a 3d6=17 on the above table.
Changed line(s) 1 from:
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I ran an Excel file on: \
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I ran an Excel file on: \\\"If an IQ test measured Intelligence reliably, how would it translate to [[HonestRollsCharacter a 3d6]]?\\\" Here is what I got: (A plus or minus by a number means that the range generally extends beyond 0.4 past the number in that direction. Note that a score 100 is the boundary between 10 and 11 \\\'\\\'by definition\\\'\\\'.)

||3d6||Min IQ||Max IQ||
|| 3 || -45 || 61 ||
|| 4 || -62 || 68+ ||
|| 5 || 69 || 74+ ||
|| 6 || 75 || 80 ||
|| 7 || -81 || 85 ||
|| 8 || -86 || 90 ||
|| 9 || -91 || 95 ||
||10|| -96 || 99+ ||
||11|| -101 || 104+ ||
||12|| 105 || 109+ ||
||13|| 110 || 114+ ||
||14|| 115 || 119+ ||
||15|| 120 || 125 ||
||16|| -126 || 131 ||
||17|| -132 || 138+ ||
||18|| 139 || 155+ ||

Given [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#IQ_below_70 the classes of mental deficiency based on IQ]] (though malleable due to other factors), that a intelligence score of 2 would correspond with an IQ between 20 and 44 inclusive and a score of 1 would be IQ<20. Conversely, IQ=180 would be the boundary between an intelligence \\\"score\\\" of 19 and 20 (with the boundary going down).

Still, as said in the previous comment, 5 Standard Deviations is likely the most precise level we can reach given a \\\'\\\'testable\\\'\\\' population of 1-2 billion. Therefore, we could define people with {{ImprobablyLowIQ}}s / {{ImprobablyHighIQ}}s as persons whose intelligence scores are too low/high [[HonestRollsCharacter to roll without modifiers]].

BTW, my Intelligence score, as \\\"rolled\\\" in the 4th Grade, is a 15. Also, one has to wonder if a significant faction of MENSA are [=D&D=] players, as the boundary for membership corresponds to the lower limit of a 3d6=17 on the above table.
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