Shattered Kingdoms

With giant intelligence I forget who has greeted me within 48 hours if I don't see them, but I still know areas like the back of my hand that I haven't stepped foot in since I was a journeyman. Kinda silly imo.

Characters with higher int learn their skills at a faster rate. Perhaps characters with lower int should become familiar with areas more slowly.

Seems balanced.

Or if familiarity slowly reverts based on int and memory.
Doesn’t charisma affect how quickly you gain level exp? So the more charismatic you are the quicker you become familiar with an area? Because you’re gaining that exp quicker?

Funnily enough, I don't have a huge problem with this idea, as long as it was accompanied by an offset penalty to experience gain for having low intelligence.

Slower familiarity, but slower gain as well, would still probably be a net gain for the low-int high-damage classes.