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Okay, a few things: What is that "measuring stick" relative to? What does it even measure? How do you measure this scale? Why do you need to a roll to determine how menacing an NPC is? (A slight tangent) If I'm 15th level, chances are I have fought demons, fiends and/or aberrations. That orc...

Because if it's something that has no bearing or effect on the scene being played out, you just took time to roll to establish some flavour. You could have gotten the point across without the roll, no?

A few days ago, I had a back-and-forth with someone (Jedigamemaster, I think?) who would roll Intimidate against PCs, but not force people to act according to the roll. Rather the players could use that as a DC of sorts if they ever needed a roll to figure out how they would react. Does anybody...

I'd rule that the Druid is turned to ash, but really, a case can be made either way. I have a Druid in an upcoming campaign, and we talked this point over but couldn't come to an agreement. We'll talk about it next time we meet, however I just thought of a potential house rule. What if instead...

Meh, I don't mind players bringing "outside knowledge" into the game, as long as they provide interesting fiction to build upon their character or the game world along with it. Maybe I'll even get to use that some time later. Once in Lost Mine of Phandelver, the party's Rogue went ahead to...

Well, I don't think I'd say "players need" (I certainly didn't, in the example), but rather "some players might want". Aside from that, I have no problem with what you're saying. I don't think that's a technique I would use, but you're certainly free to do as you wish, and I'll add it to my...

Sorry for the double post, and I don't want to be a back-seat mod, but can we keep the player/character knowledge debate out of this thread? This one's doing just nicely; I wouldn't want it to get derailed.

All right, I get it. I kind of feel like that's a whole lot of rolling for nothing. After all, if I get to do whatever I want anyway, why are we taking valuable game time to establish how I might feel? It seems so... unnecessary. But looking at it from a different perspective, it looks like...

Oh, OK. I think I'm starting to get it now. Basically, the orc's Intimidation check sets the DC for PCs' saving throw?* And then the players decide what to do with the result of their saving throw? I can see how that would be useful in guiding roleplaying to a certain degree, but then again...

I've read most of the thread thus far. From what I get, you'd roll Intimidation against the PCs, tell them the result of the roll and let them act however they wish. Wouldn't it simply be easier to narrate or provide fiction I can work with? "He rolled 5/10/15/20 on his Intimidation roll"...