Here's my two cents (not to be confused with sense): Charisma is all about a person's personality force, their ability to convince others that they are very much to be reckoned with, correct? Whether in politics, or basic BS sessions with your friends, charisma is a much-sought-after gift. So, when we look at the basic classes in Circle, we find the following: Mage Cleric Thief Warrior Now, being that charisma is considered to be linked to a person's intelligence, we should first look to see which of these four classes would benefit the most from possessing charisma. First, we would probably suggest the Mage, since his is mostly an inner science, dealing with spells contained in the mind, and thus suggesting intelligence and charisma. The thing to question here is this: does a mage necessarily need this attribute to survive? The answer is no. A Mage of even meager talents could survive quite well enough alone, not needing charisma to feed and clothe himself, or even to help him out of a desperate situation. Next, we look at the Cleric. By all means, one called to such a position as a healer MUST posses more than his fair share of charisma. He/she must be able to put others at ease, by mere sense of presence. Any good doctor is able to do this, even if its by training. As is any good religious figure. And I consider a Cleric to be part doctor and part priest. Next comes the Thief. A swindler without charisma MIGHT be able to survive when only surrounded by fools, but to be a successful thief, one must posses a great deal of this attribute, if nothing more than to convince people that you are no more than a harmless vagabond, who wouldn't dream of cutting your purse-string! Finally, we come to the Warrior. When it comes to strong-arm tactics, charisma is a must. In order to convince that thief yonder that you are more than capable of separating his head from his shoulders, you must exude an air of confidence in your abilities with a sword. But that's about it. People skills are not considered a basic part of a young Warrior's training. Thus, here is my scale, 1 to 10: Mage: 3 to 5 Cleric: 7 to 10 Thief: 9 to 10 Warrior: 3 to 5 Of course, this is all my own personal feelings about the subject, others may disagree, in one degree or another. These are a few areas where high degrees of charisma are a must: Spells of Enchantment, Healing arts, theft. There are many others, but we ARE talking about stock Circle here, and not a highly developed MUD with bartering, clans and such. Also, it might be a good idea to require a high degree of charisma from the leader of a group, though players may balk at this. Please direct all flames and ridicule to my personal email address :-) -FIRE +---------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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