03-25-2013, 05:59 AM | #31 |
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Re: [WWII Historians] Why did Hitler have WILL 18?
You have a point, Alexander being the real Gröfaz (Greatest Military Leader of All Time). Even Hannibal said so, though you could argue for a couple of generals who have appeared since then. And Sergeant Elvis Presley, of course. Heck, he had a higher military rank than Hitler!
On the other hand, in some former edition of GURPS I think there was something about Charisma 4 being for founders of new religions. And Hitler did found a secular religion, even if it did last for a lot less than a thousand years. |
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03-25-2013, 06:49 AM | #33 |
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Yes, when it suits them. I assume that if letting go of your emotions and throwing a tantrum is a strategic manuver you use, but never let use you, you could have Unfazeable (which is the advantage of never losing emotional control Against Your Will) and throw tantrums.
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Where would you put my favorite, Scipio Africanus?
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03-25-2013, 10:20 AM | #37 |
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What I wrote above was from John Keegan's book of military anecdotes, Oxford Press, I think. Scipio met with Hannibal and asked him who the Best Military Leader Of All Times was. Scipio said the first was Alexander, the second was Pyrrhus, and the third was himself. Scipio asked him: "What if you had beaten me"? Hannibal said: "Then I would have been before all of them".
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03-25-2013, 10:46 AM | #38 |
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Scipio didn't depend on Charisma as much as Hannibal. He was a representative of a bureaucracy whose precise purpose was to eliminate the erratic nature of dependence on charisma in public life. However he was almost as good as Hannibal at convincing Spanish and Nubian tribal leaders that he was One Of Them. And he could make dramatic appeals to his men. He was a professional not a Charismatic leader, but he had more then enough Charisma to be useful.
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