opashoo:

tabletop-rpgs:

vexahliaderolo:

hot tip if you wanna play a warlock or another high charisma character but have an irl charisma of like 10:

there’s more than one kind of charisma. the default always seems to be “suave ladykiller/casanova who can and will knowingly manipulate people and do it with a sly smile”, but that’s not the only kind.

i play a 20 charisma warlock who is… none of those things. she’s kind of shy and easily flustered but she IS extremely good-hearted and kind, and she radiates a certain kind of aura that just makes people want to like her and trust her because they can tell she’s a good person.

don’t feel boxed in by traditional portrayals of charisma and let it scare you away from playing classes you’re interested in.

A great point.

That’s how I was taught to interpret charisma. It’s not a strict measure of your people skills. Sometimes people say it’s personal magnitude, or the strength of your will, but it’s not just sexy

Like, I have a Kobold Summoner who believes herself to be a chosen prophet/preacher of the dragons. She’s short-tempered, narcissistic, ill-mannered, and has absolutely no people skills because she hates most people. As a summoner, she has a decently high charisma stat, but she’s not going to be doing any diplomatic work because she’d rather sabotage herself than bend to someone else’s terms, and she’s too self-important to try. Yet that same fire that drives most people away compels people to her, and if she has something to say, then she will make you listen.