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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6697005" data-attributes="member: 6677017">When you are making NPC reaction decisions, just take into account the modifiers to the PCs skills. Use it to guide the role-playing, and only roll when it isn't clear which way it would go.For instance, if the half-orc has a +8 to Intimidate and is trying to strongarm a halfling merchant, you'd probably just let him succeed unless the halfling merchant has a particularly good reason to risk the wrath of tusks and muscles, in which case you would have him roll. On the other hand, if the gnome with the +3 to Intimidate tries the same thing on a human merchant who has a strong reason to resist, you might just say that the merchant refuses to back down unless the gnome's player does a really good job role-playing (or describing) his attempt at intimidation--in which case you would have him roll.In other words, just go with your gut on how effective the passive skill check would be, and only roll when you are thinking, "hmm...I'm not sure how the NPC would react."The best way to handle this is to have all of your PCs' skill ranks written down in front of you at all times so you can see at a glance how high they all are. If your players know you know exactly how skilled each of them is, they will probably be perfectly fine with that type of adjudication.</blockquote>