It is interesting that basic tension structures of persons having an office or mandate pertain charge, mandate and charisma. Traditional religious structures being the oldest power structures in this world reveal such thing clearly.
Being charged with an office protects a person having no big charisma is a general statement from system officers holding the system alive, and a charge connected to a mandate is always prefered other than charisma. And the officers will tell you why.
A charisma related person is always under temptation of ego driven actions. Thus a mandate is best fulfilled by an office, and here is a basic reason of charges and offices.
We as general people have always thought this would be the best and one and only figure of human services we can think of. In some cases a charge and mandate was even linked to blood, for instance in royal blod lines. And our western society thus became a charge and office driven society. Charisma was not at the top of such thinking.
Everyone being firm in religious structures and history of it is wondering on what is happening with recent spiritual movements when it comes to power structures. It is unbelievable how all figures appear similar throughout ages.
The first thing each movement ia always developing is a common liturgy. You can clearly see that in the Cobra movement - their call to world wide meditation requires a liturgy shared by all worldwide. See the latest Cobra update at 2012portal. Now they go that far as to proclaim and wear even white clothes during a special meditation.
Another thing is - as always in human history - the proclamation of who is boss - Tolec does it, Ben Arion, Cobra, DrakeSheldan Nidle. In other cases there appear non-earthly entities - Ashtar, Archangel Michael, Jesus, Saulus/Paulus.
Generously they offer their service to mankind and people and show the fences - here yes, there not.
It is observed throughout history that every movement with power started with charisma and ended in charges and offices. In the beginning there was a more or less flow of the spirit, at the end they had their written codices and rules. That is a general law worldwide.
And the older a movement having become a whatever is, the more antique and bony that something is going to act and reveal itself. Then it becomes a church of old men mainly for women (cath. church) or an Islam of men with an IQ of a snowball manly for women with an IQ of a glass of water.
And as the story goes on you might find in your mind and understanding. I have difficulties with the structures I described above and I see other ways of performance. God`s peace be with you!
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the more things change,.....
You cannot deny human nature
Or the patterns it tends to follow.
Namamste.
Charisma is not the most useful of stats, but I'd probably choose it over charge, mandate, and office management, especially for a rogue.