Thunderfoot
Hero
No feat neccessary. You just asked how do they become king, not a GOOD one.
D&D 5E How does that Fighter, Barbarian or Rogue become king? Bring on the Feat
Paul Farquhar
Legend
History is riddled with rubbish kings. If being incompetent could be fixed with a feat the history of the world would be very different.
And here's the thing, this is falling into the old forum trap where if you're not optimised for something you're incompetent at it. The difference between Charisma 10 and Charisma 14 is.....ten percent. Go with CHA 12, take Persuasion as one of your skills, and you're a good talker.
Looking through Rime of the Frostmaiden, a lot of the community leaders are statted as....commoners. A scout. A spy. A veteran.
Quartz
Hero
That's the point: the PC doesn't have the stats to back up the roleplay.
Quartz
Hero
The point of the feat is not to rule but to help the PC get there.
Quartz
Hero
Indeed, but they're usually puppets or charismatic fools (e.g. Commodus had high Cha but low Int and Wis).
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Hmmm.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Not necessarily. For example King John managed to be rubbish all by himself.
What keeps anyone from putting a 10s and 12s in mental stats? Two 10s and a 12 is nothing to sneeze at.
The reason for point buy and ASI is to give players the chance to shape their own stats.
Now if a player wants to dump 8s in their mental stats to get an extra 5 percent DPR or one more hp per level, well they can't have it all. It's called min/max but some players want max/max. In your campaign where you have kingdoms to conquer, politics, etc., just make it clear that optimizing for combat only is going to be short-sighted
If the DM wants the mechanics of skill checks to rule the game...well that a choice too.
Quartz
Hero
But they're still not very good compared to the Wizard, Cleric, or Bard who start with 16s (or better) in Int, Wis, and Cha respectively.
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