I think charisma does effect the mob's resist rate for certain songs. When
I was using the claws, my cha is 122. Hardly any blue resist my charm,
fear, or chain song. But when I was using the writhing staff with cha
dropped to 113, I get quite a few resists and sometime multiple of them in a
roll. I am at the point that I may decide to go back to claws and put away
the staff.

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>OK, call me stupid but I'm still not sure how to interpret this. The way I
>read it, your Charisma stat has no impact whatsoever on your chances to
>resist a spell directed at you. Makes sense to me. The second sentence
>"..interact/affect creatures" seems to indicate that a higher charisma
>means
>you have a better chance of affecting mobs with your songs, i.e. less
>chance
>for them to resist. This reopens the issue I raised last week. Example:
>Two 20th level bards attempt to use Lullaby song against a 23d level mob.
>One bard has a charisma of 85. The other bard has charisma of 100.
>Singing
>and instrument skills both the same. Based on how I interpret Butler's
>comment, the bard with the 100 charisma has a better chance of putting the
>mob to sleep. If charisma has no effect on mob resistance, then both bards
>would have an equal chance of putting the mob to sleep.
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>I would really like to know the correct answer to this issue. I wear items
>that increase my charisma for the sole purpose of increasing my chances of
>affecting mobs with my songs. I have other items I can wear that increase
>other stats as well as improve my AC. If charisma doesn't affect mobs
>resistance, there is no reason, for me to wear the charisma increasing
>items
>unless I am selling stuff to merchants. I guess wearing the charisma items
>to reduce my chance of missing notes is a reason to wear them but I could
>live with missing the notes in exchange for the benefit the other items
>give.
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