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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7157494" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>Well, if you literally want your character to be charming, then yes they probably need a decent charisma. Or be a rogue with an average charisma who specializes in persuasion.</p><p></p><p>Same way that a high con fits someone's vision of "I'm more physically resilient than many of my peers in my profession".</p><p></p><p>But it's still beside the point. If everyone in the group has characters that take great pride in being more virile than their peers, it is a bit odd. So?</p><p></p><p>But if they don't play up that aspect of their personality the most they've done is bought slightly more HP for their character. It only has an impact from a metagame point of view.</p><p></p><p><em>What</em> a person is does not define <em>who</em> a character is. I could see a bard playing someone who gets tongue-tied around women and stutters and bumbles only to have the target of his affection respond by saying "Awww, isn't that cute!"</p><p></p><p>Same way I could see Austinius Powermus (no copyright infringement here, baby) being a total dork who gets constantly rejected by the same women.</p><p></p><p>These are new players, probably used to video games and lessons learned that more HP is good. They may not know how important other abilities are to your game so take this as an opportunity to educate them over time. Maybe next time they write up characters you'll see more variety. Or maybe you'll learn to ignore it and focus on <em>who</em> the characters are, not <em>what</em> they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7157494, member: 6801845"] Well, if you literally want your character to be charming, then yes they probably need a decent charisma. Or be a rogue with an average charisma who specializes in persuasion. Same way that a high con fits someone's vision of "I'm more physically resilient than many of my peers in my profession". But it's still beside the point. If everyone in the group has characters that take great pride in being more virile than their peers, it is a bit odd. So? But if they don't play up that aspect of their personality the most they've done is bought slightly more HP for their character. It only has an impact from a metagame point of view. [I]What[/I] a person is does not define [I]who[/I] a character is. I could see a bard playing someone who gets tongue-tied around women and stutters and bumbles only to have the target of his affection respond by saying "Awww, isn't that cute!" Same way I could see Austinius Powermus (no copyright infringement here, baby) being a total dork who gets constantly rejected by the same women. These are new players, probably used to video games and lessons learned that more HP is good. They may not know how important other abilities are to your game so take this as an opportunity to educate them over time. Maybe next time they write up characters you'll see more variety. Or maybe you'll learn to ignore it and focus on [I]who[/I] the characters are, not [I]what[/I] they are. [/QUOTE]
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