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<blockquote data-quote="Chimerasame" data-source="post: 4908606" data-attributes="member: 84874">The rules for intimidate seem strange to me. I don't understand why you get a -10 for dealing with hostiles. I understand that without that modifier it would be overpowered, so I would say that the DCs for Intimidate should be arbitrarily higher overall (except for monstrous humanoids who might respond better to intimidation as it's a bigger part of their culture than diplomacy is.)However, I think it should be just as high for using it on friendlies, too. I'm no psychologist, but--speaking personally--if someone I perceive as friendly tries to &quot;intimidate&quot; me, it's much less likely to work than if they &quot;use diplomacy&quot; (or bluff, if I don't catch it!) It catches me off guard and puts me on the defensive... and doesn't make me especially more likely to follow along with what they want. If someone who I already expect to be hostile/intimidating does so, then it won't necessarily work better, but it won't work worse either.Haha yes. Good ol' first season Wesley, wunderkind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimerasame, post: 4908606, member: 84874"] The rules for intimidate seem strange to me. I don't understand why you get a -10 for dealing with hostiles. I understand that without that modifier it would be overpowered, so I would say that the DCs for Intimidate should be arbitrarily higher overall (except for monstrous humanoids who might respond better to intimidation as it's a bigger part of their culture than diplomacy is.) However, I think it should be just as high for using it on friendlies, too. I'm no psychologist, but--speaking personally--if someone I perceive as friendly tries to "intimidate" me, it's much less likely to work than if they "use diplomacy" (or bluff, if I don't catch it!) It catches me off guard and puts me on the defensive... and doesn't make me especially more likely to follow along with what they want. If someone who I [i]already expect[/i] to be hostile/intimidating does so, then it won't necessarily work better, but it won't work worse either. Haha yes. Good ol' first season Wesley, wunderkind. [/QUOTE]

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