I have a 25 Charisma.

The chat software that I was making for my independent study happens to nearly complete the goals for the last half of the VRML course that I am taking. I realized this during our lecture today, so I promptly found the teacher after class and offered simply to not finish the chat program and instead present to the class what I had learned about Java Sockets and Object communication as a lecture next week. The teacher loved this idea and told me he would give me an A for my independent study if I do so.

So, in one diplomatic effort I was able to eliminate one month of work for an independent study as well as nearly complete the course project for my remaining graduate course. I think I somehow gain skill points in Charisma for this effort.