Suggestions on playing a 6 Charisma
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eris404
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Doctor Shaft said:
One thing I wish I had time to do would be to go through the SRD and find all the critters with charisma score of 6, so that I had more examples to look at. I think that would have been helpful.
Plane Sailing said:
I agree. Most of the suggestions for playing a 6 charisma I've gotten was either to make him physically repulsive or a complete jerk. The thing is that I still want to play someone heroic. I know he's not going to be the leader or the guy who does the talking or charming, but I still want him to be a good, reliable guy who means well.
Kid Charlemagne
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eris404 said:Because he actually might use it. A lot.
Yeah, it would give him an excuse as a player to put his lowest score in Charisma, and then play his character the way he plays them anyway...
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eris404 said:
That's why I suggested brutal honesty and a lack of control over how your character says things. You can be good, reliable, heroic, and mean well but still come off offending people simply by always telling them what the character is thinking without taking any effort to understand how that brutal honestly will be taken by those hearing it.
If you want a detailed model for what I'm talking about, do some web searches for Asperger's Syndrome. This is a good overview of the social skill problems it can cause:
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/asdiagnosis.html#interaction
Many people with Asperger's are brilliant, creative, reliable, mean well by what they say and do, and could even be heroic but simply lack the intuitive ability to understand how they are being perceived by others. This creates a social awkwardness that's often misinterpreted by other people as rudeness or insensitivity.
Please note that I am not trying to disparage anyone who has Asperger's here. In fact, I'll bet that there are more than a few in this hobby. One of the people in my group has a son with Aspberger's who plays D&D and even GMs. I simply think it might be a good model for a character with social skill problems without going down the typical route (suggested by several others here) of being gross and physical unappealing.
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There's a guy in one of my campaigns with an average Charisma (10), but it turns out that his character's personality was so off-putting that he became very physically attractive. His character is as broody as is possible to be, and quick to anger with a violent temper. In social situations, his brooding makes him come across as a real jerk.
However, he is still certainly a "hero." His character is still compassionate and caring about the people and he fights for a true cause. You just have to see past the surface. Perhaps your character could be initially off-putting, but still admirable. Or you could try to play as a higher CHA, and just have someone who people don't initially trust or take a liking too. Some people are just socially aqward, but still really good people.
You could see if your DM would allow you to use the absolute value of your Cha modifier as the stat bonus to your intimidate check.
However, he is still certainly a "hero." His character is still compassionate and caring about the people and he fights for a true cause. You just have to see past the surface. Perhaps your character could be initially off-putting, but still admirable. Or you could try to play as a higher CHA, and just have someone who people don't initially trust or take a liking too. Some people are just socially aqward, but still really good people.
You could see if your DM would allow you to use the absolute value of your Cha modifier as the stat bonus to your intimidate check.
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