Just give the Librarian ("ook") a banana and he'll be fine . .
But to address the topic of the thread . . whenever you get a group of role players together, discussions around stats and capabilities can quickly reach into the realm of the absurd and supernatural. I wager all of us have been there at some point. It comes down to expectations and how you realistically prepare yourself and test yourself against those expectations.
Striving for objective measures with regard to capabilities is often a very worthwhile and admirable exercise.