If we do have to have character stats, I have one request: can we avoid vague mental atributes? I find them restrictive. I don't want to have to sit there wondering if my character's logic score is high enough for her to have figured out something, or decide if her charisma is too low and I need to dumb down a convincing speech I wrote, etc. It's better and easier IMO to just stick with skills sets and professions and keep the intellectual stuff free form.