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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 2135412" data-attributes="member: 9723">Oh yeah. I've run into that. A good friend of mine did that a lot. Rogues who wouldn't rogue. Leaders who wouldn't lead. Fighters who woudn't fight. Clerics who wouldn't cast during combat (or participate at all). Drove me darn crazy, and eventually I just didn't invite him to any more games.Here's what my conclusion was. The character was out of his grasp, but he wanted to try it. A lightly armored rogue/fighter who outwits her opponents is a neat idea. He would have liked to live up to that idea, but he couldn't. He didn't move fast enough on his feet. Likewise, all his talk of "Role Playing" and "Staying in Character" and "Character Interaction" and "Character Evolution" were all things he WANTED to do, but couldn't.I suspect the same of your diplomat. They wanted the skill, because they liked the idea of being a diplomat. But they weren't ready to be a diplomat yet. So, when you called them on it, they got all defensive because they were trying, and just really sucked at it. I went through the same thing with that friend. Especially when he came up with the defense that he never did any of those things because there weren't opportunities. In actuality he was dodging every chance he got.I think it's kind of like that first time I got up on stage and just forgot all of my lines and stood there like a moron. Just wasn't ready.</blockquote>