D&D 5E Charisma 1 ...
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Total absence force of personality could result in phobia, paranoia, anger, despair, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, etc...
So any kind of serious mental illness could fit, if the players want to play with it.
It is a strong curse, it should not stay long.
So any kind of serious mental illness could fit, if the players want to play with it.
It is a strong curse, it should not stay long.
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redrick
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Ha, yeah, I would think that the DM and the player could riff together to come up with how to handle the role-play aspects.
A character with charisma of 1 wouldn't just be unattractive or inarticulate. They would be, as [MENTION=80982]pdzoch[/MENTION] puts it, absolutely repulsive. Is that a symptom of something else noticeable, like a terrible stench, or is it more inexplicable? Like, dude looks and sounds normal, but anybody who spends more than 30 seconds with him wants to either punch him in the face or run the hell away. Shopkeepers would refuse him service. People in his company would HOPE that something terrible happens to him so they can pointedly refuse to offer him assistance.
Having a score of 1 in anything is debilitating. Play that to full effect, but make sure that Remove Curse is available soon — I can't imagine it being fun for any more than one session max. Alternatively, have some of the worst effects wear off over time, and have it settle in at a slightly less debilitating Cha of between 3 and 6. Nobody really wants to talk to him or be around him, but if he keeps his head down and his mouth shut, he can spend a day in town without some random stranger "slipping" and pushing him in front of a galloping horse.
A character with charisma of 1 wouldn't just be unattractive or inarticulate. They would be, as [MENTION=80982]pdzoch[/MENTION] puts it, absolutely repulsive. Is that a symptom of something else noticeable, like a terrible stench, or is it more inexplicable? Like, dude looks and sounds normal, but anybody who spends more than 30 seconds with him wants to either punch him in the face or run the hell away. Shopkeepers would refuse him service. People in his company would HOPE that something terrible happens to him so they can pointedly refuse to offer him assistance.
Having a score of 1 in anything is debilitating. Play that to full effect, but make sure that Remove Curse is available soon — I can't imagine it being fun for any more than one session max. Alternatively, have some of the worst effects wear off over time, and have it settle in at a slightly less debilitating Cha of between 3 and 6. Nobody really wants to talk to him or be around him, but if he keeps his head down and his mouth shut, he can spend a day in town without some random stranger "slipping" and pushing him in front of a galloping horse.
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jgsugden
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What is Charisma is the first question: Charisma measures your ability to interact effectively with others. It includes such factors as confidence and eloquence, and it can represent a charming or commanding personality.
When it moves to one, you basically lose all eloquence, all self-confidence and everything else that would make someone look up to you based upon the way you carry yourself. You'd be timid, indecisive, bumbling and insecure. You'd also be offensive - not from the perspective of saying or doing mean things - but from the perspective that you'd just make people uncomfortable... and annoy them... and just generally come off as someone that people do not want to spend time around.
Wormtounge from Lord of the Rings and Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter strike me as very low Charisma beings.
When it moves to one, you basically lose all eloquence, all self-confidence and everything else that would make someone look up to you based upon the way you carry yourself. You'd be timid, indecisive, bumbling and insecure. You'd also be offensive - not from the perspective of saying or doing mean things - but from the perspective that you'd just make people uncomfortable... and annoy them... and just generally come off as someone that people do not want to spend time around.
Wormtounge from Lord of the Rings and Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter strike me as very low Charisma beings.
This is what I'd go with right here.
We're not just talking a "really bad" personality... he has a 1. Which is a total lack of personality. A total lack of self. Nothing but an instinctual creature like Edwin says. For me... I'd say it'd be pretty much a full body transformation into nothing but goo. Like Richie Grenadine in the Stephen King short story 'Grey Matter' in his book Night Shift.
Point is... he can't be human. Even the most disgusting or irritating human in the world has a semblance of humanity within him and thus his Charisma wouldn't drop below like a 5 or 6. If you're truly playing a 1, then his humanity must be stripped from him.
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The character is forced to start playing RPGs and posting on forums, I think.
Iry
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I wouldn't go with being repulsive or disgusting. That's actually making an impact. That could easily be an effective force of personality (merely used for negative things, like intimidation).
I definitely recommend making the character completely forgettable, unable to get across his messages or intent, coming off as a total wallflower. I wouldn't go so far as to make the character stand around doing nothing (that wouldn't be fun for the player), but his every attempt at social interaction is ignored or dismissed.
I definitely recommend making the character completely forgettable, unable to get across his messages or intent, coming off as a total wallflower. I wouldn't go so far as to make the character stand around doing nothing (that wouldn't be fun for the player), but his every attempt at social interaction is ignored or dismissed.
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Remember the mage tower in Dragon Age, where mages who fail their test are stripped of all personality? Maybe the result is something like that.
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