Meanings of attribute levels (Classic)

The meanings of attribute levels (or MOAL) on Compendium 6 was 20x4 3.5e chart which for all primary attributes explained what points from 1 to 20 represented for them (for humans, presumably)
It was an expansion of the beginning attribute levels and their meanings chart from Classic basic set which contained similar guidelines, but had many empty gaps on the chart.
==Changes==
ST terms
*ST 1: "newborn" was added in a space which was previously empty, prior to the ST 2 entry which was also "cannot walk"
*after ST 7 for a 10-year-old, ST 8 was originally for a "13 year old" to "12 year old" establishing a more continuous +1 ST per 2 years pattern.
*ST 12 was changed from "Weekend athlete" to "Athletic"
*ST 14 was changed from "Athlete" to "Pro athlete"
*ST 16 was changed from "Weightlifter" to "Small bear"
**Weightlifter was assigned to ST 17 instead
*ST 18 was changed from "Circus strongman" to "Star Weightlifter"
*ST 20 was changed from "Olympic weightlifter" to "World Record"
DX terms
*DX 1 (below "cannot walk" for DX 2) was changed from "infant" to "newborn"
**inability to walk at DX/ST below 3 is abandoned by 4e
*"Clumsy" was changed from DX 7 to to DX 8, with DX 7 being renamed "Very clumsy"
*"Ludicrous" was removed from DX 4, DX 3/4/5/6 were assigned as 2/3/4/5 years old (DX=age+1)
*DX 12 was renamed from "Graceful" to "Agile"
*DX 16 was renamed from "Very nimble" to "Mongoose"
*DX 20 was renamed from "Incredible agile" to "Legendary"
IQ terms
*IQ 7 (between the IQ 6 for chimps and IQ 8 for "dull") was changed from "child" to "Young child"
*IQ 11 was changed from "Average+" to "Bright average"
*IQ 12 was changed from "Bright average" to "Bright"
*IQ 13 was changed from "Bright" to "Very Bright"
*IQ 14 was changed from "Very Bright" to "Near Genius"
*IQ 15 was changed from "Genius-minus" to "Genius"
*IQ 16 was changed from "Genius" to "Top IQ: city"
*IQ 17 was changed from "Genius-plus" to "Top IQ: nation"
*IQ 19 was changed from "Nobel Prize" to "Top IQ: planet"
HT terms
*HT 1 was changed from "Barely awake" to "Barely alive"
**Barely AWAKE was bumped up to HT 2
*HT 3 was changed from "Very sickly" to "Bedridden"
**the new assignment for Very sickly was HT 6, not to be confused with "Very sick" at HT 4
*HT 7 was changed from "Weak" to "Sickly"
*HT 13 was changed from "Energetic" to "Very fit"
*HT 16 was changed from "Very healthy" to "Star athlete"
*HT 20 was changed from "Perfect health" to "Nearly immortal!"
==Comments Regarding Classic to 4e==
4e streamlined this for, in the light of the many changes, what were perfectly logical reasons and to encourage thinking outside the box.
With Secondary Characteristics and Talents there was more of a disconnect between Attributes and ability then in Classic. For example, is an Olympic weightlifter really ST 14 (Basic Lift is now quadratic rather than linear) or are they ST 12 with Lifting ST 2 and the Lifting skill? Or did Leonardo Da Vinci and Sir Isaac Newton really have IQ 18 or did they have a more modest IQ 16 with relevant talents?
Throwing out attributes as milestones made sense as they were only useful to Humans. The Ocampa from Star Trek Yoyager only lived to nine years while the alien children in the Dungeons and Dragon Catoon's "The Lost Children" were in there 70's even though they looked like they were in the 10-12 range (and they consider 15 years a short time). Chubi-Usa of Sailor Moon may look like she is only 10 years old but by the calendar she is over 900 years old.
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