What effect does 20 Charisma have?

[Whirl]

Well, to keep my Rep middling I just killed Algernon because there's more point killing him for his cloak than a random stranger in their bed. (yes, I could have pick-pocketed it but, two birds with one stone). BAM! 20 Charisma on my Paladin main (because it only serves a point on your highest Charisma characters).

I've heard that higher Charisma keeps Party Members happy longer though; if my leader has a Charisma of 20 would I even NEED to worry about Dorn bugging off? Because if that's the case I'd rather go back to the save and having high rep and just pick-pocketing it.

[Julius Borisov]

Check the official Adventurer's Guide[www.siegeofdragonspear.com].

You'll see that 20 CHA gives you the best prices for items you buy and improve reaction of people you meet in-game. But it doesn't change the alignment system, thus evil characters will still leave your party at 19 and 20 reputation.

[Whirl]

Reputation is really messed up. I know the game needs some kind of Karma meter so that good players wouldn't like you or evil players thought you were wasting time, but saving a farmer's cow out in the wilderness shouldn't be giving me as much reputation as rescuing the entire town of Nashkel.

Plus, the reputation you lose through random killing goes up with how high your reputation is, so despite how many awesome things you do, you still can't get away with more than one murder at a time.

It would work better if there were two meters, one for good and one for evil, and of course if one outweighed the other too much... well, you get the idea.

[fauxpas]

If you want more control over your Rep without having to result to murder I'd suggest looking at http://gibberlings3.net/forums/ .


BG1:NPC Pack has an option that allows you to pay various shady bards to spread your exploits to the masses in a "darker light", which is basically reverse donating.


Tweaks Anthology has a couple of useful options to look at; first is a merely cosmetic tweak that allows you to hear the neutral NPC "happy sounds" when your Rep is well ... neutral (Apparently the sounds exist but were never activated.) The second changes how the NPCs react to your Rep; one of the options allows the NPCs to become angry about your Rep but they won't actually leave.

[Whirl]

Cool, that IS a good idea. I mean, it's not as cheap as just killing people, but it feels distinctly less stupid, less of a dive so you can do it a bit at a time, and I bet evil characters love having themselves painted as deadly deadly ***holes. And it's not really cheating either because you still have to pay for it.