[gurps] Social Skills?

[Onno Meyer]

> Anyways, I tend to GM games of GURPS at conventions in the SoCal area a
> fair amount, and one think I've noticed that is unsurprising, but
> annoying, is that players consort together when creating characters. In
> particular, this shows up if one guy is willing to be the guy with
> absurd amounts of charisma and social skills, so whenever the group need
> to talk to someone they leave him to it and all take bad reps or the
> like. Anyone have any good ways to help balance this out? Same think
> happens on occasion with a rich character giving cash and items away,
> though not as much.
> Bay

Sometimes a group effectively has to roll vs. the best skill in the
group ("Lockpicking? Ed is an expert!") and sometimes the group has 
to roll vs. the worst skill in the group ("Stealth? Oh s**t, we got
Joe along ..."). 

So make sure BOTH situations show up. When one of the party has to 
get an answer out of a surly bureaucrat, it is only fair to let Mr. 
Smooth do the talking. He paid for his advantages and deserves a 
time to shine. When all of the party has to get into a fancy 
restaurant or into the king's audience, those who fail their rolls 
are barred (unless they bribe the head waiter or whatever).