mecha_froggy
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Suggestion: It doesn't have to be the MC who wields it. After all, his goal is to charm others into cooperating, right? So just have someone else be the muscle on his behalf. I've a good idea for who to fill that role, too - a certain ebony warrior woman would do just fine.We'll see. I'm trying to tell a fantasy story where every problem can't actually be solved with a sword (or a fireball), a concept that is frustratingly rare within the genre. Weapons are likely to make an appearance at some point, but it's not guaranteed and probably not absolutely necessary.
It could even be a plot device. A situation arises where the MC has a violent confrontation. If they try to fight the enemy themselves they get creamed, but if they charmed her enough beforehand then she steps in and wins the fight for him. Ditto for magic battle and the fairy queen. Perhaps there is information that only a certain wall-climbing spider girl can get for the MC, but he has to win her over into doing it for him, first. Thus the MC becomes sort of a sex-themed mastermind - he doesn't do anything, but his army of henchwomen can overcome any obstacle.