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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5803590" data-attributes="member: 9037">Have you ever played with someone who really has issues with this? It is not just taking forever to say something they often end up getting rattled and saying the wrong thing guaranteed to piss of the NPC or gets lost and wanders off topic. And some players can't pull off what you described as a mix of arrogance and respect that takes major social skills. For example I can't do it. There have been some major communications snafu at the table because I don't phrase things in the way most people expect. One time our group found the mythical Sword of Kings in our Kalamar game. I knew that only a paladin or a follower of the Knight of the Valiant could actually hold it and not take damage. When the wizard went to grab it I said "touch that sword and you will die" I was calling out a warning but the DM and the rest of the players except my roommate who was playing took it as a threat. I tried to play a diplomatic type in an old 2E game and it was a disaster I was continually saying the wrong thing and then trying to explain what I meant  and the DM accused me off just saying that because things had gone wrong. I quit the game after awhile because I was not having fun and there were times I was close to tears over it. Skill checks for social encounters is one of the biggest improvements they made in the game as far as I am concerned.</blockquote>