Girls and charisma

[Furn_Darkside]

that's more female gamers in one campaign than i have met in my life!!!! piratecat is either a gamestud, gay, or easily approachable...now, which is it?

It has to be the whiskers.

FD

 

[Darkness]

that's more female gamers in one campaign than i have met in my life!!!! piratecat is either a gamestud, gay, or easily approachable...now, which is it?

Six? That ain't too much. (But then, I used to play Vampire LARP, so... )

 

[Chrysoula]

My D&D game is 4 women, 2 men (+male GM). Unfortunately, I don't actually know the ladies' stats, other than assuming the paladin-sorceror has a high Charisma. The thief-fighter, thief-cleric, and me (rogue-ranger)... well, the system makes it hard, even if we want it.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

My D&D game is 4 women, 2 men (+male GM). Unfortunately, I don't actually know the ladies' stats, other than assuming the paladin-sorceror has a high Charisma. The thief-fighter, thief-cleric, and me (rogue-ranger)... well, the system makes it hard, even if we want it.

It seems like you should be asking why women seem to like the rogue class.

FD

 

[Avatar_V]

True. My sister, the one with the high charisma, was a rogue. Why she felt charisma was more important then dex is still a mystery, but she does fit that stereotype as well. Again, my fiancee doesn't (monk), but my sister seems to fit just about every woman-in-D&D stereotype there is

 

[Chrysoula]

Ooops.

Fighter-cleric, thief-cleric, rogue-ranger, sorceror-paladin. And a rogue-fighter headed for duelist. And a druid lookin' for some barbarian levels. But the last two are the guys.

 

[Balsamic Dragon]

Back in first edition and early second edition, I remember that most new players put more points into Charisma than experienced players (or even computer game players) because they didn't know it was the "dump stat"

But in third edition, the Charisma scores are pretty evenly divided. I will say this, how many points a newbie puts into Charisma seems to fluctuate greatly with the kind of GM that they have. In some games, you simply don't get to use Diplomacy and other charisma skills, in some they are essential.

The thing that annoys me the most is when GM's use high charisma (usually female) NPC's to unduly manipulate their player characters ("her charisma is an 18, so your character falls in love with her and will do whatever she wants"). It's usually these same GMs who complain when their players make up high charisma characters and try to pull the same kind of stunt. There's still a lot of that going around, I think, especially since charisma is so much more useful in 3E.

Balsamic Dragon

 

[Cedric]

Most of the women I've gamed with (about 10 over the years) have preferred to at least have an above average cha...but not always.

Cedric

 

[Piratecat]

that's more female gamers in one campaign than i have met in my life!!!!

We did it the easy way: found female friends who were somewhat interested in the genre, and taught them how to play. Once they learned, they knew other women who thought it would be fun, too!

I think that's the secret of teaching the game to new people, male or female. Now one of the female players (KidCthulhu) has taken over DMing, and it looks like she's going to do a great job.

- Piratecat

PS It might be the whiskers. Hard to tell.

 

[alsih2o]

PS It might be the whiskers. Hard to tell.

gotta get me some whiskers....i play with an electrical eng, a logistics consutant, a programmer and a paint tech, all male....i knew i was doing something wrong....