Sure. No, it's perfectly okay. You're kind of new, so it's a good to learn as you go along and no one is trying to give you a hard time about anything...definitely not me. You don't always use charisma checks with other players so much...but you can when you want to. Usually you can roll a charisma check (that's what we call it) to see how convincing you are, or how appealing your character might be. But because it's not a charm spell, for example, it just gives the other character an idea of how they might react.<br/><br/>If you tried to make a charisma check against someone who was very shy, they might get nervous or blush, for example...that player could still ignore your character's requests, for whatever reasons, but the charisma check (if high) tell us that a player's reaction might be along the lines of:<br/><br/>"This really hot girl just asked me to do this! Does she like me? May I should help her. I wonder if..."<br/><br/>"That really makes a lot of sense when she puts it that way. I kind of agree, but I don't know...I really want to do things my way too."<br/><br/>"Maybe she's right? I don't want to believe her, but she could be telling the truth."<br/><br/>"Sure! That sounds like a good plan. I'm happy to do whatever she wants to do."<br/><br/>etc.<br/><br/>But the other character doesn't have to be convinced or act in any specific way by the roll. It has a certain amount to do with their personality and nature. Someone who is bad, like Viktor, might not care if you're right or not. Ashley comes in and sees Viktor forcing a household maid. She rolls a charisma check (really high) and asks him to let her go. His reaction might be:<br/><br/>"Well, she's rather appealing as well. And she's right, I am being bad. Very, very bad. I'd love to hold her down and make her watch before I do her too. She's so sweet and innocent...it'll only make it that much more enjoyable."<br/><br/>So in this case, approaching Alfreic and making a charisma check to support what you say tells his player that maybe Alfreic wouldn't just dismiss her and ignore her. Maybe the sight of Ashley is enough to make him pause and maybe even go along with her actions. But the player is still free to decide that Alfreic is so focused on something else right now, that he would still continue on. He should in some way acknowledge your request, as in:<br/><br/>Alfreic paused for a moment, on seeing Ashley. She was compelling. Something dark and evil was afoot, but his rage wouldn't let him stop. "More foul tricks. I'll have your ethereal head, you witch," he roared, as he ran off into the woods after Colleen<br/><br/>or<br/><br/>Alfreic paused for a moment, shocked at the sight of Ashley. Was she really here, or was this another trick? "Ashley?" he asked, barely constraining his rage. "Is that...is it you?" He murmured, rubbing one large hand over his face. He hardly knew the girl, but the sight of her was enough to calm him. He took several steps forward, forgetting the demon for a moment, and embraced her. "Yes. Yes, something evil is going on here. I swear I won't succumb to it." Turning, and yelling up into the trees, he roared, "Do you hear me witch! I won't play your games and the next time I see you, I'll sever that pretty head from your body." He nodded to Ashley. "Let's get back to Avonleigh."<br/><br/>...or so on. You can do this with all the social skills as well, like bluff. If you lie, you don't have to make a check unless the other player asks you to. You can make a check at any time, though, and once you do, it means that the lie has a value. It could be a good lie, or a bad lie. People with high Sense Motive skills would catch that you were lying right away on a low roll. Others might not.<br/><br/>And in this one specific case, trying to calm Alfreic, the skill you'd actually use is Diplomacy (which is charisma + any ranks you have in diplomacy + 3 for it being a class skill). Looking at your character sheet, you'd actually roll a 20 + 5 (Charisma) + 3 (ranks you have in it) + 3 (class skill), for a total of 31, which makes you extremely convincing!<br/><br/>If you don't mind, I'll plop these little posts in as we go along, to kind of get you used tot he rules if it helps. If I'm just confusing you, you can let me know that too. ^^