I think the question you are not answering for him though is if there is any difference between your 251-255 charisma versus 200. In my opinion there is way too much luck involved to loose all those HP/AC and resists.
Hence my example of how despite my gaining a level and hitting the charisma cap I had a worse experience yesterday than I did a week ago with one less level and being roughly 15 points below the charisma cap. It could have totally gone the other way, I realize that. But it just goes to show how random the charisma check can be. It is after all the last thing that's checked after resists, level, etc.
I can honestly say that on live enchanters generally did not bother with trying to stick to 255 charisma. When ever you were close to 200 you would try to squeeze as much into your hitpoints and resists as possible. Because surviving or straight up resisting an ice comet from one of the thousands of wizards scattered throughout the Kunark dungeons is more imporant than getting an extra 30 seconds out of charm. The surest way for a charm to break is to have a dead enchanter.
Will I continue to try things with my charisma capped? Sure I will. But I find that having 150+ cold and magic resists in seb makes that zone a cakewalk.
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