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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3133091" data-attributes="member: 15538">Why is that a problem? The raging barbarian is going to make you afraid, but that's not the same thing as being intimidated. If I saw a raging barbarian crashing toward me, and I was a wizard, my inclination would be to hit him with everything I have. If you want to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies because of your naked fury, there is a feat called Fearsome Rage in Complete Warrior that does exactly that. On the other hand, if I'm a high Charisma duelist who has recently been resurrected and am quite weak, and I manage to get the prince of the realm to back down and allow himself to be tied up by a princess simply by speaking with conviction and raising my sword, that's Intimidate. Barbarians have Intimidate as a class skill, so the halfling example isn't that persuasive. But even if the halfling was more intimidating, there's no logical problem there. If the halfling and the barbarian were standing next to each other, I could easily see the halfling hooking his thumb over and saying, &quot;Now, you can give me what I want, or I can tell my friend you're not being a chum, and you can explain to him why you feel the need to hurt my feelings.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 3133091, member: 15538"] Why is that a problem? The raging barbarian is going to make you [i]afraid[/i], but that's not the same thing as being intimidated. If I saw a raging barbarian crashing toward me, and I was a wizard, my inclination would be to hit him with everything I have. If you want to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies because of your naked fury, there is a feat called Fearsome Rage in Complete Warrior that does exactly that. On the other hand, if I'm a high Charisma duelist who has recently been resurrected and am quite weak, and I manage to get the prince of the realm to back down and allow himself to be tied up by a princess simply by speaking with conviction and raising my sword, that's Intimidate. Barbarians have Intimidate as a class skill, so the halfling example isn't that persuasive. But even if the halfling was more intimidating, there's no logical problem there. If the halfling and the barbarian were standing next to each other, I could easily see the halfling hooking his thumb over and saying, "Now, you can give me what I want, or I can tell my friend you're not being a chum, and you can explain to him why you feel the need to hurt my feelings." [/QUOTE]

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