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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 3740955" data-attributes="member: 957">????Since when is playing a low CHA character less fun or in any way a disincentive?It sounds to me like you are making really bad assumptions and really have no clue what you are talking about.   I've had tons of fun when LOW cha characters were forced into social interactions.  OTOH, I have had experiences where disjointed DM fiat turned social interactions into a farce and sucked all the spirit right out of the game.Hell, even if you throw the mechanics out the window, a low CHA character should come off as a low CHA character in free form.  Seriously.  Still keeping to no rules in mind, if the player isn't trying to be his character in a social interaction that would be just as un-fun to me if a fighter player got tired of swinging a sword and declared he was casting a fireball in the middle of combat (without a magic item, I mean just abandoning the character idea suddenly)As I said before, roleplaying means playing a character.  If you are not playing a character then you are not roleplaying.  I want roleplaying.  Obviously it isn;t required for your fun, so that is great.  But your position is going to be aof limited value in determining what is best for D&D at large.  You may as well start a thread about how nuclear weapons should work in D&D.  It is simply outside the boundary conditions of the system.</blockquote>