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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8855378" data-attributes="member: 7030563">IME this is entirely a player problem and it is completely divorced from mechanics.&nbsp; A poor player playing a Barbarian with an 8 charisma will try to dominate the social interactions if that is his play style even though almost any other character would be better.I have never seen class mechanics come into play when it comes to stealing the spotlight and that is playing with well over 10 DMs and 50 players over the last 7 years.&nbsp; The three things I have seen cause some players to steal the spotlight are bad players, shy players and inexperienced players at a table with very experienced players.&nbsp;&nbsp; YMMVWhen it comes to shy/introverted players a lot of times that is how they want it, so it is not necessarily bad.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are a lot of players out there, and I mean a lot, that want to mostly listen to the story and not write it.&nbsp; I played a 14 Charisma Rogue at a table with a 22 Charisma Warlock and a Paladin (18 CH maybe?) and I had to handle most of the social interactions because I was not awful (14 charisma and proficiency), the Paladin and Warlock never wanted to talk and the other non-introverts at the table were awful in Charisma.&nbsp; I literally had to ask the Warlock to try to persuade someone at one point because it was important and I knew he was better than me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8855378, member: 7030563"] IME this is entirely a player problem and it is completely divorced from mechanics. A poor player playing a Barbarian with an 8 charisma will try to dominate the social interactions if that is his play style even though almost any other character would be better. I have never seen class mechanics come into play when it comes to stealing the spotlight and that is playing with well over 10 DMs and 50 players over the last 7 years. The three things I have seen cause some players to steal the spotlight are bad players, shy players and inexperienced players at a table with very experienced players. YMMV When it comes to shy/introverted players a lot of times that is how they want it, so it is not necessarily bad. There are a lot of players out there, and I mean a lot, that want to mostly listen to the story and not write it. I played a 14 Charisma Rogue at a table with a 22 Charisma Warlock and a Paladin (18 CH maybe?) and I had to handle most of the social interactions because I was not awful (14 charisma and proficiency), the Paladin and Warlock never wanted to talk and the other non-introverts at the table were awful in Charisma. I literally had to ask the Warlock to try to persuade someone at one point because it was important and I knew he was better than me. [/QUOTE]

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