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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3311434" data-attributes="member: 158">However, I'm playing a psion because I can't move things with my mind in real life. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> For the same reason that I'm playing a character, to experience something I never would in real life, I'm playing a bard to experience what it's like to move people to tears with my words. In real life, I'm no Martin Luther King, Jr, or Winston Churchill, or Adolf Hitler, just like I'm not a premier warrior like Attila or Spartacus. I'm all for challenging the players, but barriers just to play a class isn't one of them. Barriers to puzzles, or sticky social problems, sure (like, how do I convince the NPC with the high Diplomacy and Sense Motive levels that the baronness is really a succubus?) but I would hate to limit a character concept because of lack of divine orational skill just like I would hate to limit a character concept because the player had never been in a fight in his life.Also, don't forget that the player who focuses a PC on social skills can't hit worth a damn in combat, probably can't cast powerful spells, and can't shapechange into myriad useful forms; he's given up other powers for the power to influence others. He's not getting something for free, the way that Bob the Barbarian with his CHA 5 and no social skills is if he's delivering weep-worthy orations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3311434, member: 158"] However, I'm playing a psion because I can't move things with my mind in real life. :D For the same reason that I'm playing a character, to experience something I never would in real life, I'm playing a bard to experience what it's like to move people to tears with my words. In real life, I'm no Martin Luther King, Jr, or Winston Churchill, or Adolf Hitler, just like I'm not a premier warrior like Attila or Spartacus. I'm all for challenging the players, but barriers just to play a class isn't one of them. Barriers to puzzles, or sticky social problems, sure (like, how do I convince the NPC with the high Diplomacy and Sense Motive levels that the baronness is really a succubus?) but I would hate to limit a character concept because of lack of divine orational skill just like I would hate to limit a character concept because the player had never been in a fight in his life. Also, don't forget that the player who focuses a PC on social skills can't hit worth a damn in combat, probably can't cast powerful spells, and can't shapechange into myriad useful forms; he's given up other powers for the power to influence others. He's not getting something for free, the way that Bob the Barbarian with his CHA 5 and no social skills is if he's delivering weep-worthy orations. [/QUOTE]

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