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I'm going to push back against you and @Crimson Longinus a bit. The DM does not always know that the PC is lying. If the PC is lying...

That's one of the places you're going wrong. the player isn't initiating any check to determine trustworthiness. He's asking for a...

And that part is really the key. As the DM I have billions of NPCs to play. If the PCs successfully use intimidation against one of...

So you think that because Sauron was intimidated by the entire Numenorean army, that if Sam walked up and tried to intimidate him, there...

1) the PCs and NPCs are not the same. 2) The GM can ignore such effect if they want.

But GM can ignore such effect when it suits them too. The GM can just decide, that Lord Dreadskull of the Death Knights of Inconvenient...

They don't. The DM can and does have the ability to say your persuasion does not work. If you walk into a merchant and tell me that you...

Well, you've just gotten rid of the player. You should probably the news to your group before the next session to save them the trip.

Being able to decide what the character thinks and attempts to do are at the core of the player agency as is the ability to set...

You're conflating the player with the character. They are two very different things. The player has that level of control over the...

Right. I've already stated out that magic/supernatural things where I've made a saving throw are different. What's your point?

Sure it is. I'm fully capable of deciding whether my character would fall for something or not. I can and do roleplay to the detriment...

I don't understand what you are saying there.

There isn't a fix. A truly simultaneous system would bog down a simple 5 on 5 combat into something that would take several sessions to...

It's not about like. It's about what the PC thinks is going on. I control that, not the dice. Not the DM. Not any other player...