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Originally posted by Noah EQ2
Finally a use for the Charisma skill in a game. Vanguard has diplomacy but I am not sure if this will be linked to a cha stat. Personally linking "agro", something a warrior wants, to a skill that will not benefit them in damage makes for some good balancing and character development. |
One of the best things about the PnP D&D was the ability to make nonstandard characters. The fighter with high intelligence and charisma was able to get experience and do well in noncombative situations, sometimes even more valuable than the player with the powergamed character sheet, because of the imagination of the DM.
Dungeon Masters in the PnP version are what really sold campaigns, good DMs made everything (even character deaths) worthwhile. Bad ones merely let the story progress and sometimes used some original thinking. The DM text referred to in that article, I hope, will be something to expand the limits of the game rather than a ingame Cluebott™.