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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 431835" data-attributes="member: 707">I dunno.  Off the top of my head, I can imagine two PCs with a low charisma who have no problem being polite.Yungar the Mighty (INT 20, CHA 5) is a half-orc with a lot on his mind.  He's big, strong, and knows what he wants to say.  When he steps up to the barkeeper, he exclaims, "a glass of wine would go over quite well, my good sir.  And perhaps a small modicum of information as well." It's a good line, and would have gone over well, if only he'd remembered to bathe that week...Emmy the Wise (WIS 20, CHA 5) is an elven priestess who is wise in the ways of man.  She's been to hundreds of bars, and talked with hundreds of barkeeps.  "I'd be grateful if I could have a room tonight, Innkeep," she says one night, "and if you're willing, we might discuss some of the rumors around town."  Her words are fine enough, but the way her eyes seem to look through him instead of at him, as if seeing some faraway place, give him the creeps...Charisma dictates how people react to a PC, but not why they do so.  So if a half-orc in my campaign wanted to be a polite, well-spoken half-orc, I wouldn't bat an eye.   The player would simply have to come up with a reason why the PC is uncharismatic.  It could be smell, appearance, attitude.  Anything.  It doesn't have to be because the PC is impolite.Heck, one of the admins, Piratecat, ran a druid with low-CHA as a slow-talker, if I recall correctly.  Tended to drawl and bore the people he talked to.  Didn't mean he couldn't be polite...</blockquote>

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