The World of Avlis

I thought I was done with this thread, but someone here said something I just can't pass by. i consider Forest Gump to be a INT 8 person Ever heard of Krusk, your typical D&D barbarian? He's got 8 Int (Enemies and Allies, page 57). Half-orcs have 8 Int as a race average. So as a race they're general...

Soorreeee! My made stoopid mihstake 'gain, meh speek like meh have 7 intel... into... intolle... 7 smartness, but 7 be twice as many as 6, meeh kno' now! *drool, eyes blank* Wha' was meh talking 'bout 'gain? Oh, my remember!!! Wait for my to do a littlesee-littlesee fire so meh can put flame on meh ...

*scratches head* My bad, mista. Mah stoopid. Mah no good with words. *searches his pockets for a few minutes with an intent expression* Oooh, my sooo sorry! *finally finds the club hung on his back* My won't never speek sooo stoopid again! *bonk! with the club on his head* Ya heer meh? Yoo... *thud*...

Ogres are mentioned in the same example row for values of 6-7 int in the PHB table, page 9, as trolls. Ogres CAN speak and DO have a social organization (page 198 MM). All PCs CAN speak - page 12 PHB. All PCs except barbarians are literate, regardless of int (same page), which has a min value for PC...

You see, I'm having trouble relating the numeric value of 6 int to a real life example. The only reference I can directly use was this - An INT of 6 would then correspond to IQ of 60, which is likely to be associated with poor learning abilities, limited social skills, reduced linguist capacity. Red...

Please excuse me if the question's been asked before, but the forums are huge and just finding the right place to ask wasn't a trivial task in itself. It seems to me that people here expect a character with 6 int to speak with grammatical errors and be just on the borders of pathological stupidity, ...