Wizard population dynamics

hcobb · 01-02-2019, 07:50 PM

We know there must have once been a few wizards (presumably human) at IQ 24 because IQ 20 spells exist and somebody must have researched them.

Taking 24 as the maximum feasible human stat, why not use the 4d6 bell curve for wizard IQ? (Round anything under 8 up to IQ 8 and they make up 5.4% of all wizards.)

On the high end one in every 800k living humans is an IQ 24 wizard.
IQ 23 wizards are four times as common at one in every 200k humans.
IQ 22 is more common still at one in every 80k and so on.

I'd make Goblins twice as common at the high end, but with the same 24 cap.

01-02-2019, 07:50 PM	#1
hcobb Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacheco, California	Wizard population dynamics We know there must have once been a few wizards (presumably human) at IQ 24 because IQ 20 spells exist and somebody must have researched them. Taking 24 as the maximum feasible human stat, why not use the 4d6 bell curve for wizard IQ? (Round anything under 8 up to IQ 8 and they make up 5.4% of all wizards.) On the high end one in every 800k living humans is an IQ 24 wizard. IQ 23 wizards are four times as common at one in every 200k humans. IQ 22 is more common still at one in every 80k and so on. I'd make Goblins twice as common at the high end, but with the same 24 cap. __________________ -HJC

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