This leads to a situation where to be good at social skills you have to sacrifice combat ability.
Tough decisions and trade-offs.
Yeah - do I persuade that demon with arrow, or do I persuade him with magic, or do I persuade him with a two handed ax?
Hmmm tough decisions.
C'mon wake up.
Remove the rose-tinted glasses.
This game is 75% combat and Cyseal conversation heavy options are not even present in most 'area end bosses.'
All you get is 'mwa-hahaha Imma kill you' speech with no chance to convince them to let you go or back off.
The only viable diplomacy for me is
Barrel Diplomacy