Intelligence
| SPECIAL Intelligence | |
|---|---|
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| Modifies | Initial level of some skills, dialogue options, the number of new skill points per level |
| Related perks | Bonus Rate of Fire, Educated, Gain Intelligence, Healer, Rad Resistance, Sharpshooter, Survivalist, Swift Learner |
| Related traits | Night Person |
Knowledge, wisdom and the ability to think quickly. A high Intelligence is important for any character. Modifies: the number of new skill points per level, dialogue options, and many skills. A character with very low Intelligence will suffer from a limited vocabulary and this will be evident when he talks via the In-game chat feature; his words will be spelled incorrectly and some words will be utterly replaced by other words. For example, with IN of only 3, saying "FA" will show up as "stich meh!" and saying "I will go" will often come out as "me will go".
Skills affected
Drugs that affect Intelligence
- Mentats +2
Tips
The number of skill points you will earn each at level is so important and the difference between 9 points and 10 points in Intelligence is really considerable. So, it is vital for a crafting character to have 10 in Intelligence to be able to have all the skills up as fast as possible. As the Charisma, it is useful for the quests, but as there is just a little, it is not that essential.
If you are an experimented fallout player, you can calculate the exact number of skill points you will need for your character, so you can choose the value in intelligence which you will really need and to optimize the rest of your SPECIAL.
