[gurps] IQ revisited (more stuff)

[Anthony Jackson]

hal at buffnet.net wrote:

> So humor me.  If you strip the cluster of "related abilities" based on all
> of the actual "advantages" and/or disadvantages in GURPS at present - what
> is left?

If you include talent, nothing. If you can define what the term means, 
you can define a talent that covers it.

> Adaptablility
This term is poorly defined. Lack of the Hidebound disadvantage, mostly.
> Alertness
Perception
> Analytic Thinking
Talent: Mathematical Ability
> Creative
This term is poorly defined. Probably Talent: Artist.
> Formal Education
No specific talent has ever been defined for this, but a 'scholar' 
talent can certainly be written up.
> Memory
GURPS lacks sufficient rules for memory to make this meaningful. It's 
probably levels of eidetic memory with reliable/unreliable enhancements 
or flaws.
> Practical Experience
Not meaningfully measured by GURPS IQ in the first place.
> Sanity
In 4e, no longer a part of IQ.
> Social Ability
Charisma or Smooth Operator
> Synthetic thinking ability (Intuition)
This term is poorly defined.
> Willpower
Will.