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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 3147291" data-attributes="member: 3929">Because I like the flavor of intimidating for pirates; the Dread Pirate Roberts is as cool as he is because he is known as the worst scallywag on the seas. But this is a flavor issue, so your taste may vary.Secondly, I like the idea that the Dread Pirate fights using not only his sword, but also with fear. The feats Kiai Shout and Intimidating Strike, when used in conjunction with the Demoralize Opponent option of Intimidate, can render anyone in melee with you afraid and cause them to run away: what will the opposing ship's company do when they see their captain is too frightened to fight the Evil Pirate? This is a mechanics tactic, and while it can be defeated without too much fuss, it makes for an interesting character, says I.Thirdly, if you're honorable you're not a pirate in the Ninja-vs-Pirate sense of the word: you're a dandy who can chart a course and talk nice at people. The mechanics might work well with the bard, but if you're taking a class called "Dread Pirate", then go make people afraid of you: Intimidate them! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Quite right. I also think it's a poor choice to always go into a PrC at the earliest possible opportunity. I'd wait until Bard 8 before taking Dread Pirate.</blockquote>

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