Teflon Billy
Explorer
It pissed me off no end.
In the old Ars Magica game, my guy had intimidation galore, but it never worked on anything important. Our enemies were never cowed, it was just the "all-badass parade" no matter how well i rolled.
The same thing happened in our first game of 3E; no matter how well I rolled, the best result I could hope for was that they were now "scared of You", but if their actions reflected it in any way, I couldn't tell.
Spycraft has some actual mechanics for intimidation, but I can't recall them offhand. Seems a step in the right direction.
In the old Ars Magica game, my guy had intimidation galore, but it never worked on anything important. Our enemies were never cowed, it was just the "all-badass parade" no matter how well i rolled.
The same thing happened in our first game of 3E; no matter how well I rolled, the best result I could hope for was that they were now "scared of You", but if their actions reflected it in any way, I couldn't tell.
Spycraft has some actual mechanics for intimidation, but I can't recall them offhand. Seems a step in the right direction.