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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 79702" data-attributes="member: 807">Well, a couple different approaches depending on how far into the campaign you are ....If you have not even started with this set of characters in discussion, then talk to the players or just make an idle comment about "hmm, all three of you have low Charisma ..."  just leave it ominous like that.If no one considers making any changes then, so be it, let them have the consequences of their decisions.If already playing and invested into the characters (or if after doing the above) do some of the things mentioned already - some situations are just innapropriate to fight though.  And if they do fight through them, well, they'll very quickly be disliked (and not being liked is one aspect of having a low Charisma!). I'm not saying be an a$$ about it, just make it noticiable.  After all, if all three had lousy Strength scores, it would be painfully obvious that they just can't bash things down without some sort of help (okay, a bad anaology, but an anaology none the less)If you're feeling kind, once you think the players are starting to get the hint that they need some social skills (and I would agree, no one is likley to spend the ever-precious 4-level stat increase on Charisma if that isn't their character's focus) then cut them some slack.  Perhaps a magic item that will increase the Charisma for one of them - on a continuous basis rather than a short duration.  That, inturn may get at least that one person to invest _some_ skill points in negotiation and such.   Yes, it may be feeding them a little extra but as with any other shortcoming a character may have, there are always magic items and such to help compensate (either creating yourself or purchasing, or what not).  But, again, this shouldn't even be considered until at least mid-levels and only after the characters have gotten a taste of being poor in the Charisma department.(My thoughts are scattered right now as I haven't slept, sorry - but going back to the idea of taunting them for their lack of Charisma) - you may also want to introduce them to an NPC with the leadership feat and respective cohort.  Might be a nice way to slightly taunt the players with the type of help they COULD have had if they had strong charisma and leadership capabilities (with a small party, a cohort would no doubt be a blessing!)okay, i'm going to sleep.  ZZZzzz...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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