Micah Sweet's latest activity

Sure, to each their own. Obviously not how I prefer to handle it.

Good roleplaying and trust can get the job done too IMO.

It doesn't have to be him, and it doesn't have to be any specific reason beyond "Heroes are not intimidated". It can be a lot of ways...

Those Players are IMO, intentionally choosing to not play their PCs logical reactions to the situation by basing their response on...

That gets back to the "you can only get on the ride if you're this tall" approach, which is, if you can't properly do intimidating...

On the other hand the GM is expected to do a lot of firewalling of NPC intentions and his awareness anyway, and if he can't do that this...

Well, there are simply game systems and GMs that don't use social rolls at all. Not what I want, but they do have the virtue of...

Well, that's all I'm recommending for. That seems to be a critique directed at Intimidate as a skill in general, which I'll flat out...

I expect the GM to play their NPCs fairly, within the limits of what those NPCs know and are capable of, as much as I expect the same...

Clearly this approach has to have limits, though. If a monster has, say, a fear aura, as a player it is your agreement to acknowledge it...

can you imagine the rage if GMs RP'd NPCs with anywhere near the same level of 'free will' against checks as the players do? "but i...

The problem is, you appear to be good with mental and social actions to be all about the player's play, and not about the character's...

My view is just that PCs shouldn't be a privledged set in regard to how social skills interact with them; but that doesn't mean it needs...

You're apparently under the impression I think completely disconnecting them from character abilities is okay either. I don't. (And if...

I don't follow the context of what these hypotheticals mean for your argument. Can you explain your thought experiment better? Base...