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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7739026" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>Its exactly as the Captain America example illustrated. Loki can make the most epic speech, and roll really high on his persuasion/diplomacy/social skill. That may sway the crowd, but Captain America can still stand up for his principles and defy him. </p><p></p><p>The players can do the same.</p><p></p><p>But you are also never sure how an npc is going to react. No matter how high a player rolls on their diplomacy, it is not going to make an npc believe things that they know to be untrue.</p><p></p><p>I had a situation in my pirate campaign where one of the players was trying to convince a merchant, that one of their crew members was an honest and good man, and that the merchant's negative image of him was not correct. But despite his high diplomacy roll, the merchant refused to let this drunk pirate marry his daughter. Because the merchant was of a higher social standing, and for his daughter to be associated with this notorious drunk, and a pirate of all things, would be a severe embarrassment. However his words did make the merchant think on the matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 7739026, member: 6801286"] Its exactly as the Captain America example illustrated. Loki can make the most epic speech, and roll really high on his persuasion/diplomacy/social skill. That may sway the crowd, but Captain America can still stand up for his principles and defy him. The players can do the same. But you are also never sure how an npc is going to react. No matter how high a player rolls on their diplomacy, it is not going to make an npc believe things that they know to be untrue. I had a situation in my pirate campaign where one of the players was trying to convince a merchant, that one of their crew members was an honest and good man, and that the merchant's negative image of him was not correct. But despite his high diplomacy roll, the merchant refused to let this drunk pirate marry his daughter. Because the merchant was of a higher social standing, and for his daughter to be associated with this notorious drunk, and a pirate of all things, would be a severe embarrassment. However his words did make the merchant think on the matter. [/QUOTE]
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