Talk:Neia Baraja/@comment-27207026-20180513202145/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180514065920

The influence of his player avatar does have a distinct impact, of which Suzuki is only occasionally fully conscious. But a lot of it is simply because Suzuki's habitual notions of "socially appropriate" are derived from a system of rules for gaining influence with others in society and avoiding unnecessary conflict.

In other words, it shouldn't be unexpected that the social morality of a Japanese salesman tends to have the effect of making other people feel that he is trustworthy and sincere. That's kinda the whole point of those habits of behavior.

Of course he also exaggerates how out of depth he is at being an evil Overlord, but that is to some extent a reflection of his mental habits as a ordinary Japanese salaryman. It is also the case that, if he were to be more evil than was clearly necessary to properly prioritize the interests of Nazarick over all others, he would be causing trouble for himself that he would then have to constantly scheme to overcome, the way Demiurge does (and imagines that Ainz is doing).

So just by avoiding being evil without clear reason Ainz is well ahead of the game in terms of grand strategy (notes for Evil Overlords, avoid doing things that serve no purpose other than to antagonize and motivate the heroes to take you down). By being habitually modest despite his obviously overwhelming power he encourages people to overestimate him to compensate for his lack of boasting. And by constantly second-guessing himself he usually spots his own errors before anyone else dares to mention them.

There's a reason "karma" has the common implication it does. What goes around often does come around. But one shouldn't discount the obviously very high intelligence stats of a dedicated arcane caster class build. Suzuki often does get flashes of inspiration which are, if not always genius, are often clever enough to get him through a tight spot. And the lack of any physiological ability to give his panic and indecision away in the meantime really does help a lot.