You can be on the ground w/ high int, so it's a start. The idea is then trying to figure out how to get more HP or more speed. An elf is gonna be pretty low. I think they can go as low as below 110 HP. Dwarf can get almost 140, but you lose a lot of attributes, and that's without going max int.
I still think this is a Sidonian change. It seems like the race that benefits the most. Pretty nutso, but yea having 130 hp or whatever is eyyy. But you get armor?