>From: "Magik" <aarongb@...>
>
>well I hate to agree with sumone that is so definate but.......
>
> I have been playing since beta4 and have freinds that have been in
>since phase 3......even Stratics and the EQVault (which are authored by

beta

>testers!!!) tell us that charisma is the direct effect of merchant
>sales.......the debates you are talking about are obviously on webpages

that

>are NEWER or are made by ppl who are just lrearning the game and are made
>based on assumtions of ingame actions......if you read EQSS and find out
>what they say....... I quote straigth from the ATTRIBUTE section on the

left

>hand side of the website......this is cut and copied for all you NON
>belivers!!! if you ppl will notice that ONLY the charm spell is effected
>by CHARISMA!!!!........the ***"CHARM" LINE OF SPELLS ONLY***!!!!>........
>
>

The problem of course being is that neither Stratics or EQVault are in any
way affiliated with Verant. Neither have any 'inside' information that
guarantees that all information contained therein is accurate. For example,
I would recommend reading EQVault's guide to jewelcraft. It is one of the
remarkably worst pieces of prose I've ever had the privelidge to read. It
make Hubbard's Battlefield Earth look like Ulysses. ;) Now, I'm not saying
that charisma necessarily affects resists in any way shape or form, I dont
have any data on the matter (and I've been playing eq since the begining of
phase 3). If some people are experiencing a great deal fewer resists, it's
entirely possible that there's an undocumented chr effect.

[snip]

Cheers,
Jude Morrigan