Talk:Charisma/@comment-50.103.105.149-20160329210058/@comment-5988269-20160827214701

It has (at least in BG and BG:EE, dunno about BG2) an effect on morale of the party. Basically, Charisma is a stat that isn't important for any certain class or combination, but is important for a leader of the party (whoever you place to the top of the party list). Charisma of a party is taken from charisma of a leader. Having a leader with high Charisma results in: shop discounts, less morale loss, much less internal fighting (between good and evil members of the party), better reactions (which leads to better quest rewards).

But in-game annotation about "bards, druids, and paladins" is just bs. Come on, it states, that Constitution is a primary stat for rangers. Devs were probably planning to implement classes differently, but scratched that at the very last moment, and forgot to edit annotations.

I would say, though, that it is pretty good to max Cha as Bard for multiple reasons. Firstly, his min is 15, so why not make it 18, basically getting the best party leader in the game (20 Cha with magic cloack)? Secondly, bard (especially Skald) is already sort of about buffing your party, so better passive morale buff fits the kit. Thirdly... Roleplay! If one class would be charismatic as hell, it would definetly be a bard!

But for anyone else but Bard, I would honestly dump it to min, and placed the most charismatic NPC in my squad as a leader.