Intellect
The attribute of raw brain power and reasoning.
Intellect is one of the four attributes in Disco Elysium, alongside Psyche, Physique and Motorics, and stands for raw brain power and the ability to reason. Its six skills are Logic, Encyclopedia, Rhetoric, Drama, Conceptualization and Visual Calculus, each of which starts at the attribute's value. Attributes are chosen at the start of a game and can reach at most 6, rated a genius level.
Background
Every attribute begins at 1 and the player has 8 points to spread among them. One skill can also be picked as a Signature skill, which raises it by one and lifts the learning cap of the other skills under the same attribute.
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