Solo Classes... Chanter without Charm?

[Extunarian]

Even though this thread is old as hell, I'll pipe in.

at 212 charisma I was charming whenever I was in a group with a healer who was ok with it from level 12 onward. Soloing I used charm when troll regen was like free chloroplast. Now that troll regen is what it should be, you simply cant charm at lower levels or you'll spend all of your time regening HP. It comes back slow.

However what Chicanery said was right: at higher levels something happens independent from your CHA stat to help charm last. Once my chanter dinged 37 my charms started lasting so long I was regularly going afk for a minute or two without worry (had a ranger with me to grab agro and kite it around if it did break while I was away, but didn't need to).

Long story short: use your animations while soloing until you get to 36+. Always have 200 cha if you're going to try charming.