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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 228865" data-attributes="member: 158">Psion said: However, I could also contend that there is nothing wrong with this PC still becoming a great leader. SKILLS can bypass this deficiency, if the player is willing to allocate into them. By making skills such as diplomacy, bluff, and intimidate his primary skills, the PC is overcoming their natural shortcomings to succeed.I know in real life individuals who have a tendency toward bad attitudes and tempers, because they get fed up with "stupid" people, and people who do not agree with them. However, they have learned to overcome this natural tendency by working on their "people skills" and through this they excel. They do not do as well as those who are naturally receptive and charismatic, but they are able to work with people well. My problem is also with players who pick a high score in a stat, spend no skill points in anything related in that stat, and then assume that they are as competent as someone who has spent lifetimes working on those things. If you really are a diplomat with an 18 charisma, then by golly they had better have spent more than one point on Diplomacy! A silver tongue doesn't work if you can't offer what the person really wants.</blockquote>