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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 5745041">This is an interesting question but I think it is apples and oranges. A person's physical strength has no bearing on their ability to play a PC effectively or in an interesting way. But a person's intelligence and social abilities directly impact their ability to do things like combat tactics and diplomacy. You can level the playing field by adding in social skill rolls and designing combat so tactical choices don't matter, but for a lot of people that ruins the entire experience. So I am in the camp that says there is a certain amount of skill involved in roleplaying a character or running an effective character.  At the same time you are playing a character, not yourself. If you are playing a charsmatic character and happen to be a smooth operator in real life, then use that at the table. But turn it way down if your character has a CHR of 7. Same thing goes for combat. I am all for using social skill rolls when a player has trouble playing his character effectively. I also try to overlook actual performance and get more at the heart of what the player is attempting to do anyways.  This isn't the only approach, it is just how I like to play. Maybe it is because I used to be involved in competitive sports and I am dragging some of that into the game.</blockquote>