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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2684818" data-attributes="member: 307">No it doesn't. It just means that when you design your NPCs you need to think about their social skills too. You can't design a fighter with a 10 Intelligence and a 10 Charisma, no ranks in any social skills, and call him a "great leader of men", or a "skilled negotiator", because he isn't. If you want an NPC who is devious and crafty, you need to design him so he is devious and crafty. In point of fact, by making NPCs and taking the rules into account, you give them more depth and breadth than otherwise, because you need to make trade-offs to get them where you want them to be. Maybe Rudrik the mercenary captain isn't a single classed fighter, maybe he needs some sundry organizational and negotiating skills to be a good leader of men. Maybe he's a fighter/expert. That's a more interesting character right off the bat, because he's making trade offs and decisions about what he should be good at, rather than just having it all because it seems cool.</blockquote>