Roleplaying a four Charisma...

[el-remmen]

Consistantly role-playing a very low (or very high) "mental" stat can be difficult.

As DM, what I do in these cases is regardless of how the player role-plays have those around him react appropriately.

For example, the 8 Charisma half-orc in my game, often has people misinterpret what he says as a threat or an order even when absolutely does not mean it that way.

Describe things to a low Wisdom character in such a way that a not very wise thing seems perfectly reasonable.

Give a character with 18 Intelligence cliffnotes for the wordy and convoluted prophecy the PCs discover in a tome, etc. . .

 

[Keoki]

You seem to have the perfect hook as a warforged - I'd probably play the character something like the Terminator: intelligent and canny, but completely inept at interacting with others. You could even give him a thick Austrian accent. Could be fun.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

You seem to have the perfect hook as a warforged - I'd probably play the character something like the Terminator: intelligent and canny, but completely inept at interacting with others. You could even give him a thick Austrian accent. Could be fun.

And a pair of black shades...hmmm, ideas....

 

[MonsterMash]

Low self esteem: Not willing to speak up, very accepting of others ideas.

Some sort of name that indicates that the warforged was created to be part of a unit and being away from its own kind and with humans makes it scared to communicate.

 

[Mallus]

You don't want to end up with a character that's looks great on paper (and may well be a neat thought experiment) but's no fun to play.

I stear clear of 'has no sense of self', or anything that so antithetical to playing ones' own character. Playing a role that amounts to not playing a role will get old quickly.

He's a robot, so he no social graces. And/or he's completely honest. And/or he's completely expedient in his actions.

"Tron, do you realize your urinating oil into our campfire?"
"Yes."
"Ummm... do you think that's appropriate?"
"It could use the fuel."

 

[Zelgadas]

You could roleplay him so as to suggest that he has no ability to relate to others. He simply doesn't understand that other people are *other people*, and not merely figments of his imagination or some such. My campaign has a warforged with a 16 Int, 8 Cha. He's pretty darn smart, but he just doesn't understand human/demihuman nature at all.

 

[Buttercup]

That said, we've moved his Charisma up to five, and the plan is to put the 4th level point there - at which point decide he's come to a startling realization that he can say "no." And call himself something. Still looking for any other insight, though.

I don't know anything about Warforged or Eberron so maybe this isn't possible, but could you give him a few ranks of hide in shadows, and have them go away as his charisma goes up? He could be the sort of character that people just don't notice. He's beige, through and through.

I read a novel once that included a character who could just will herself to go unnoticed. She'd just sort of think herself into being nondescript. This started as a defense mechanism because she had an abusive family. But as the story progressed and she gained self confidence, this became harder for her to do. Probably because on some level she no longer wanted to.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Have your character constantly refer to his living cohorts as "meatbags"

Oh wait that's been done before....
hehehe

 

[Storyteller01]

Take a que from Data (an ST classic!!). He was also a construct, and didn't start coming into his own until he had been with starfleet for some time. he spent the vast majority of his time learning and finding his polace in the universe (another staple of high charisma: I shape my destiny??)

 

[eris404]

I don't know anything about Warforged or Eberron so maybe this isn't possible, but could you give him a few ranks of hide in shadows, and have them go away as his charisma goes up? He could be the sort of character that people just don't notice. He's beige, through and through.

I read a novel once that included a character who could just will herself to go unnoticed. She'd just sort of think herself into being nondescript. This started as a defense mechanism because she had an abusive family. But as the story progressed and she gained self confidence, this became harder for her to do. Probably because on some level she no longer wanted to.

This is actually similar to what I went with for my psion. I gave him ranks in Hide and I've been very quiet during the game, listening and paying attention but not saying much. The other players caught on and purposely forget to introduce my character to NPCs, etc.

For some reason, when I think about this Warforged character, I think of Marvin the Paranoid Android. Do you think Marvin had a Cha of 4?