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The "usual benefits" of any primary ability score improvement are that the chance of success of any test against that ability score improves by 5% per increase (see the Special Cases section on page 64 of the main rules).
Yes indeed. That would apply to any checks against a character's
Intelligence score.
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Extrapolating from the rules for a Strength 19+ from page 68, which states that Strength scores above 18 grant an additional plus 1 to armour bypass rolls and damage, you could increase the Magical Attack and Magical Defence bonus to +2 when a character's Intelligence score exceeds 18. You could, if you wish, extend this to Attack and Defence too, but were it my game I'd probably limit this to the magical attributes only.
Reasonable. I was wondering on all four because, unlike
Strength or
Reflexes,
Intelligence gives a bonus to all attributes (save
Looks) at 16 - 18. Extrapolating from
Strength (where an extra +1 is gained to ABP and damage), I was wondering if a similar bonus would apply. You're right though -
Strength 19 is only a bonus to ABP and Damage, so it's reasonable to restrict
Intelligence 19 to an extra +1 to the magical attributes.
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Given that Strength of 16-18 does not influence armour bypass or damage...
Erm. Yes, it does.
Strength 16+ gives +1 to Armour Bypass and Damage in addition to +2 ATTACK and +1 DEFENCE.
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For example, perhaps an Intelligence score of 19+ should decrease the chance of spell miscasts by 10%, grant +1 to Perception, gift +1 Magic Point, or something along those lines.
Maybe not the Magic Point, but the other two are possible... although the governing Attribute for PERCEPTION is
Psychic Talent...
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I'd say strength 1-2 should have penalties in the same way...
Following the standard DW pattern, I'd say
Strength 3 - 5 should suffer a penalty to ABP and damage (the reverse of the 16+ attribute); but a
Strength of less than 3 (being lower than the minimum possible dice roll for the attribute, should indicate the character is virtually bed-ridden. Certainly unable to wield anything meaningfully in combat.