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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8050359" data-attributes="member: 7020832">Why would you assume that there would be a high Cha character in the group.&nbsp; The archetypical party is Fighter, Cleric, Rogue and Wizard.&nbsp; Many players do not build their Rogues to be a faceman, so boom, your Fighter has a niche as the party face.Also, as a DM, I don’t allow the party Face to speak for all other characters all the time.&nbsp; On occasion, sure.&nbsp; But no, “barbarian articulates the plan for 5 minutes than claims the bard spoke”.Finally, there is no guarantee that the speaker even wants to hear from the party face.&nbsp; Dwarven miners may not speak Common and may want to speak to the party Dwarf.&nbsp; The lord may only want to speak to the character with the Noble background.&nbsp; The thieves’ guild may bar entry to the paladin of Pelor.In my Eberron campaign (4e), the party face was the low Cha barbarian, not the high Cha warlord.&nbsp; The barbarian, through his background, had the family connections throughout most of the world, so of course they want to hear from him rather than the stranger they never met.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrozenNorth, post: 8050359, member: 7020832"] Why would you assume that there would be a high Cha character in the group. The archetypical party is Fighter, Cleric, Rogue and Wizard. Many players do not build their Rogues to be a faceman, so boom, your Fighter has a niche as the party face. Also, as a DM, I don’t allow the party Face to speak for all other characters all the time. On occasion, sure. But no, “barbarian articulates the plan for 5 minutes than claims the bard spoke”. Finally, there is no guarantee that the speaker even wants to hear from the party face. Dwarven miners may not speak Common and may want to speak to the party Dwarf. The lord may only want to speak to the character with the Noble background. The thieves’ guild may bar entry to the paladin of Pelor. In my Eberron campaign (4e), the party face was the low Cha barbarian, not the high Cha warlord. The barbarian, through his background, had the family connections throughout most of the world, so of course they want to hear from him rather than the stranger they never met. [/QUOTE]

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