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> high INT stat

What is this?

Intelligence statistic.

It's a reference to games where a high INT (intelligence) means your character is smarter

What a weird way of saying smarts.

It's more specific than smarts; DND has three separate stats representing your mental skills. Loosely, Intelligence is academic knowledge, Wisdom is practical understanding of the world, and Charisma is personal influence.

The parent comment is arguing you can't coast by with low WIS and CHA anymore.

It's a myers brigs matrix classification. Basically introverted thinking characteristic.

No, it's from Dungeons & Dragons. Characters have six primary stats: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma, shortered to STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS and CHA.

Myers-Briggs are four character strings, not three.

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