Mass Effect - Interview @ IGN

IGN serves up an interview with Casey Hudson on Mass Effect.  Let's take a snip on conversation skills:

IGN: Will your choices when dealing with major moral decisions change based on your character's alignment?

Casey Hudson: Your actions throughout the game will change the kinds of situations that you'll come across, sometimes leading to entirely different plots than if you had chosen differently. And Mass Effect is somewhat unique in that developing skills in Charm and Intimidate can be extremely satisfying. Skill in either of those areas gives you some of the more spectacular options in conversation, giving you some useful (and really fun) alternatives to handling difficult situations.