High Charisma=Obsessed with sex?

[Gellion]

How come all characters that have a high charisma are always roleplayed as being obsessed with sex, Bards in particular seem to have this stereotype associated with them. I thought charisma was force of personality, and although it could be used to get someone in bed, it doesnt always have to be.

Sorry i know this sounded sort of rantish, im just sick of people who think that if you have a high charisma that you are automatically obsessed with sex.

 

[hunter1828]

What about paladins? I've never seen anyone play a paladin that was obsessed with sex, but, admittedly, I've not played with every gamer out there.

Seriously, though, perhaps some people confuse a charming, good looking character with a character that just wants to shag a lot.

I wouldn't, though, go wondering why "all characters" with high charisma's are played that way, as a number aren't. You've probably just been unlucky enough to exposed to those few that do play it that way.

hunter1828

 

[Krug]

What about paladins? I've never seen anyone play a paladin that was obsessed with sex, but, admittedly, I've not played with every gamer out there.

I suppose you haven't heard enough holy sword jokes...

 

[hunter1828]

I suppose you haven't heard enough holy sword jokes...

Thankfully, I have not...

 

[fusangite]

Since I came back to D&D in 2001 and got back to a system in which characters had charisma attributes, I haven't noticed this as a pattern at all.

I currently run two campaigns; in my Kazuria campaign, 3 of the 7 characters are charisma-based: 1 paladin, 1 sorceror, 1 bard. The bard is female, the paladin and sorceror are both male; in my Fimblewinter campaign, three of the characters are charisma-based: 2 bards and 1 shaman. Maybe, as in so many other ways, my group is atypical. Now that I muse over the list of characters, I find it peculiar that only one of the players with a charisma-based character is a straight male. I wonder what to make of that...

Anyway, I can sort of see your point. Supposing I was an immature teenaged boy who didn't understand that an RPG is a totally inappropriate place to explore anything sexual or romantic, and decided to roleplay getting all the sex I wasn't having in real life, I'd probably generate a bard.

 

[EricNoah]

Sadly I've seen this phenomenon -- not a lot, but it seems to occur when a guy is playing a female character with a high charisma.

 

[Gellion]

i guess your right, ive also always heard people talk about the bard in their group who is a sexmaniac.

The reason im focusing mostly on bards is because like i said in my first post, they seem to have this stereotype attached to them.

 

[fusangite]

Originally posted by EricNoah:

Sadly I've seen this phenomenon -- not a lot, but it seems to occur when a guy is playing a female character with a high charisma.

Dammit! I used every ounce of restraint I had to avoid coming out and saying this directly! And now, someone who doesn't ban cross gender RP by males makes the observation anyway!

 

[hunter1828]

i guess your right, ive also always heard people talk about the bard in their group who is a sexmaniac.

The reason im focusing mostly on bards is because like i said in my first post, they seem to have this stereotype attached to them.

That they do. I have seen bards, both male and female, played that way. But that was back in 1st and 2nd edition, when Charisma didn't really mean as much to the bard class as it does now, and even low Charisma bards were played that way.

And to Eric: You have a point there about guys playing females, but in my experience it didn't matter whether the character had a high CHA or not...she was still played as a nympho. Sad, but true...

hunter1828

 

[Krug]

i guess your right, ive also always heard people talk about the bard in their group who is a sexmaniac.

all right Gimble your secret is out!