[ishuman]

I’m curious about how people have constructed their party spokesman character. How high a charisma score does this character need? It seems like it would need to have some levels of rogue or bard to cover all the talking skills. I’m not planning to have a Paladin or Sorcerer in this party and generally don’t take too many rogue levels anyway so that probably leaves me with using a Bard (although these forums are full of fighter/rogues).

Any thoughts on how to construct a bard for this role? If I do use a bard how many bard levels would this guy need? It might make sense to start with one level of rogue to cover the thief skills that aren’t class skills for bards. Then if I limit bard levels to seven I've got 2 levels to play with and could add some fighter or barbarian. Fighter levels for the feats? Barbarian levels for the rage and speed? I bet a bard/barbarian with a spice of rogue might be a blast to play. Or maybe a second level of rogue would be better?

Have people had any success with such a character or am I better off going a different route?

Thanks!
ishuman