Originally Posted by
Willie the Duck
I have never seen good situations result when asking a bunch of (I am guessing) nerdish type people rating their own Int scores. The person who assigned themselves a moderate score for reasons related to prioritizing humility resents the person who did the opposite, the person who think they are the smartest person in the group finds out to their dismay that their peers do not shar that opinion, and everyone whips out their own evidence of clearly superior minds or unverifiable stories about tests where the proctors went through massive hurdles to verify that they weren't cheating since they'd never seen a score that high, etc. Maybe others have had better luck, but it just seems like a great way to strain friendships. Honestly D&D standard array seems like a better idea, where you are only ranking your own abilities relative to each other.