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They’ve got a little milestone list and reward tiers and everything. For just one invocation a month this warlock will literally murder one person of your choosing on every full moon. That’s a bargain! 

pompous skinny human man in puffy pants: anyways heres wonderwall [strums lute]

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.

Charisma is literally just your ability to influence how others feel about you - and not just feelings of likability. So while being flirtatious definitely falls into that category, it’s way more broad than that.

Other High Charisma styles

Heart of Gold: This is the example OP mentioned

Class Clown: Just really funny. But actually funny, not mean funny or obnoxious or anything. Just jokes around, tries to get people to laugh, makes jokes and has a good time. People just like to hang out with you because you’re fun.

Intimidating Aura: High Charisma doesn’t always mean people fall over themselves to be with you. Being incredibly intimidating and confidant is its own kind of Charisma. This doesn’t mean you’re mean or overly aggressive - this means you command a respectful presence that makes people want to listen to you and believe you. 

Cute/A-dork-able: One of my characters has really high charisma because she’s just a really naive, cute cinnamon roll. She’s not great at talking to people, she’s just so damn cute you can’t help it. This is the appeal that puppies or kittens or other baby animals have - they’re not good at anything, they’re helpless and kinda dumb and it’s so fucking cute.

There’s obviously more than this, but that’s the point. High Charisma =/= High Seduction (or at least doesn’t have to)

The Sword of Evil’s Bane has been claimed by multiple Chosen Ones, each citing equally plausible but mutually exclusive interpretations of the relevant prophecy

A family haunted by an evil ghost that’s sworn to bedevil them unto the tenth generation have gone through an acrimonious divorce, and are now embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over the ghost – each side of the family wants the other to take it!

A farmer is suing a tree for property damage caused by the tree’s roots; the tree argues that, as the damage occurred prior to its awakening by an itinerant druid, it cannot be held responsible, while the farmer cites an obscure local case in which an axe was convicted of murder as precedent that sapience is immaterial to culpability

The tomb guardians of the Once and Future King Who Abides in Deathless Slumber Beneath the Mountain’s Roots Until His People’s Hour of Need Calls Him Once Again have filed trespassing and noise complaints against a dwarven mining operation; the dwarves argue that, as the Once and Future Etc. is clearly dead, he has no legitimate claim, while the tomb guardians insist he’s just resting