Results 1 to 30 of 79
Thread: High CHA, Low DEX?
-
2015-09-18, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, US
- Gender
High CHA, Low DEX?
How could a clumsy character be any good at diplomacy?
-
2015-09-18, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2015
- Location
- Resting upon my hoard
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Since when does one need to be physically capable to be likable? Being a klutz doesn't make you less charismatic by any means.
-
2015-09-18, 06:17 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2015
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Being charismatic doesn't mean being attractive or likable. It means, at the core, that you can attract attention to make others listen to what you have to say. Dexterity has nothing to do with that.
-
2015-09-18, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2007
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Stephen Hawking perhaps? Pretty much incapable of moving (very low DEX), but quite a likable man.
Heck, the "cute clumsy girl" trope exists - someone who regularly stumbles and has accidents, but is seen as more attractive as a result.
-
2015-09-18, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2014
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Charisma is just your ability to direct people's thoughts and actions in a certain way; nothing to do with your motor skills.
Certainly, if someone's constantly knocking your stuff over, you might like that person less, but that's nothing to do with their personality.
EDIT:
Professor X! Quite a likeable fellow, paralyzed below the waste.
Captain Picard, now that I think about it - he's getting on in years, not as nimble as he once was, but still very charismatic.
-
2015-09-18, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- where the wind blows
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
As much as I hate referring tvtropes for anything, go to that site and search for "Dojikko"
You got Magic Mech in My Police Procedural!
In this forum, Gaming is Serious Business, and Anyone Can Die. Not even your status as the Ensemble Darkhorse can guarantee your survival.
Disciple of GITP Trope-Fu Temple And Captain of GITP Valkyrie Squadron.
Awesome Elizabeth Shelley by HollamerSpoiler
The OTP in the playground.
My Gallery/My Star Wolves 3 LP
-
2015-09-18, 07:17 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2015
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Stephen Hawking has high Int. I'm not sure about Cha ; afaik he's respected for being a genius, not for being charismatic.
And an example of someone with high Cha who is definitely not likeable : Adolf Hitler. (Don't say Godwin)Last edited by Aetol; 2015-09-18 at 07:18 PM.
-
2015-09-18, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2014
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
-
2015-09-18, 08:44 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Location
- Germany
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
-
2015-09-18, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2014
- Location
- Avatar By Astral Seal!
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
The existence of this thread confuses me. What on earth do Dexterity and Charisma have to do with one another?
I have a LOT of Homebrew!
Spoiler: Former AvatarsSpoiler: Avatar (Not In Use) By Linkele
Spoiler: Individual Avatar Pics
-
2015-09-18, 09:20 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2014
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
-
2015-09-18, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2013
-
2015-09-18, 09:34 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2014
- Location
- Avatar By Astral Seal!
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
That would make some amount of sense. Poe's Law, though.
I have a LOT of Homebrew!
Spoiler: Former AvatarsSpoiler: Avatar (Not In Use) By Linkele
Spoiler: Individual Avatar Pics
-
2015-09-18, 10:00 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, US
- Gender
-
2015-09-19, 12:01 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Oct 2009
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Parody noted. Gotta say, though, I know someone just like this. Crashes into solid objects, trips over her own toes. It doesn't matter because she gets other people to do things for her so she doesn't have to move. She's been effectively managing workgroups since about seven years old.
-
2015-09-19, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, US
- Gender
-
2015-09-19, 12:16 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- Material Plane
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
I've got a better one.
How could someone have high Str but low Con. It's possible according to the rules but I have a hard time imagining a Str 18, Con 3 character.
Heck, I can't think of any fictional examples.Signatures are so 90's.
-
2015-09-19, 01:24 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, US
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
-
2015-09-19, 01:43 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Oct 2009
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
I would guess "spindly" belongs in the description, and probably "fragile" too. A body with wiry muscle and not much else -- hair/fur all fallen out, thin skin, shriveled organs, a fluttering heart. The muscles are drawing all the body's nutrients and energy to maintain violently potent movement.
Actually, I've seen an analog in Shadowrun 4e. There's one cybernetic mod that basically tell the body to move in all directions at once all the time. Then when the time comes to act, it just stops telling the body to move in most of those directions, and boom, instant full-force reaction. That sort of system is very draining, and I could easily see it causing so much physiological stress that the body barely works besides that supermotion.
Definitely not a common fantasy trope, though!
-
2015-09-19, 07:57 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Back in the USSR
- Gender
-
2015-09-19, 08:08 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2015
-
2015-09-19, 08:11 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2012
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
My D&D 5th ed. Druid Handbook
-
2015-09-19, 08:20 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2012
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Pixie Barbarian? As big as your hand, wielding a sword as big as a bear. Fragile, but deadly.
-
2015-09-19, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2012
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
A fairy did it.
Last edited by hymer; 2015-09-19 at 08:33 AM.
My D&D 5th ed. Druid Handbook
-
2015-09-19, 08:45 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Back in the USSR
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
I was thinking specifically of famed and frequently fictionalized Japanese fencer/enforcer Okita Souji, who was renowned for his sword skill but was subject to fainting spells and died at age 24-25ish. Particularly, how he's portrayed in fantasy fiction, which is usually completely unbeatable in a straight fight despite being built like two sticks tied together.
Spoiler
Stealthy Snake avatar by Dawn
Lack of images by Imageshack
-
2015-09-19, 08:47 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2012
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Last edited by hymer; 2015-09-19 at 08:50 AM.
My D&D 5th ed. Druid Handbook
-
2015-09-19, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Back in the USSR
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
Probably not, but this is a hypothetical exercise. None of that kind of extreme exists in real life, mostly because these numbers are game abstractions.
Spoiler
Stealthy Snake avatar by Dawn
Lack of images by Imageshack
-
2015-09-19, 12:59 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2014
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?
AHA!
Darth vader; completely fragile without his suit, but still quite strong; strong enough to hoist a struggling man over his head.
Certainly, there's an argument to be made against this case, but I'd put him as strong but fragile.
Same goes for many people with extreme gigantism; Robert Wadlow was supposedly very strong, but his size made him suffer many health issues throughout his life.
-
2015-09-19, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
-
2015-09-19, 01:08 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2014
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
Re: High CHA, Low DEX?