>2. a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.

>Never once in that definition does it mention TRUST. It does, however, mention AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE.

It seems to me that based on this definition that a Drow should be capapble of having tremendous charisma.

I suppose it comes down to a matter of game balance. How much would the game change if Drow CHR was bumped up to 22 or 23? Would a Drow bard be overpowered? I'm inclined to think that the answer is no.

I'm realizing that one funny aspect of this discussion is that the value of charisma as a stat has been an issue since Dungeons and Dragons was in its infancy. I'm trying to remember which AD&D supplement attempted to add the stat of "comeliness" because charisma and physical attractiveness were entertwined, but shouldn't really have been. It may have been "Unearthed Arcana."

I'm pretty sure it just remained in the game because people needed a dump stat. I know when I was a kid that nobody, but nobody, ever actually played a bard.