[Rq-rules] CHA vs APP (Again)

[Robert Hoffman]

I think this aspect of CHA is all about self confidence (even the type
inflated by delusional ego); someone who is passionate and driven about
a personal belief system is appealing to people who want something to
believe in.  In history or in a campaign there are certainly times when
the population has a greater need for something to believe in, but it
takes that passionate orator to inspire them.  
 
.at least that's what I believe until someone tells me otherwise.  =)
 
 
 
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Subject: Re: [Rq-rules] CHA vs APP (Again)
 
 
Discussion of RuneQuest rules. <rq-rules at crashbox.com> wrote:
I watched the first episode of BBC's new Robin Hood series on Saturday
and it illustrated to me the difference between CHA and APP.
 
The new Robin Hood himself is a good-looking chap, probably APP 16 or
17, but has the charisma of a wet dishcloth, probably CHA 6-8. The way
he is at the moment, I can't see a dog following him, let alone a band
of merry men.
 
So, it is the perfect example of High APP and Low CHA.
Good! 
 
Your description actually reminds me of the Kevin Costner Robin Hood.
 
Sure ol' Kev' is a good looking dude (I guess, I don't happen to swing
that way myself, but the chicks seem to dig him). Nonetheless, I was
hard pressed to accept the laconic and mild mannered Mr. Costner as the
charismatic inspirer of men he was supposed to be portraying.
 
I guess a stereotypical converse case (high CHA, low APP) is probably
Hitler: a physically unappealing shrimp of a man who somehow inspired a
whole country into doing some enormous (though mostly reprehensible)
things.
 
How much of CHA is opportunity? Saying the right things to the right
people at the right time?
 
Stephen Posey
slposey at concentric.net
 
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