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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5705014" data-attributes="member: 19675">Which is why I brought up my experiences as a guitarist.  I have a natural gift for the instrument.But that natural gift only takes you so far: to actually be good- good enough for people to remark on your ability, to make money at it- that all takes training.Despite his natural gifts, MJ didn't just walk off the streets and wow the world with his basketball skills.  Jimi Hendrix didn't just pick up a guitar and revolutionize rock & roll.  Conan wasn't born with the stamina, strength and blade mastery to enable him to kill dozens of men in a given combat.All of that took practice.If you want a PC who is naturally good at something, give him the high(ish) stat and no training, and he'll be better at the skill than most of his contemporaries...but eventually, he'll be forgotten as a failure if he doesn't train.Besides, its arguable whether you can truly call a high Cha PC a true leader without the Leadership Feat in D&D.  Sure, a PC may have a talent for it, but without that last ingredient, he just doesn't quite have what it takes.</blockquote>