How our Epic Campaign played out

[WizarDru]

As teh aforementioned Orc Barbarian, I wanted to ask how others are using Intimidation.

The PHB states the DC is usually 10+creature HD. My 30th level Barb had a +33 to his intimidation which means with roll of 10 I could Intimidate Level 43 creatures and make then back down.

Opposed checks are only good if those 80' Mountain Giants have intimidation too.

Well, that assumes it's an opposed check, which I don't think it is. It's a check to try and "change others' behavior with a successful check", but that "the other character can only be intimidated so far." That's not the same thing as making them whimper and back down. It's the difference between pushing them one way or the other when they're on the fence. If they were gladiators in the arena, I find it hard to believe that they would be cowed something 10x smaller than they are. More cautious, perhaps, like a man around a wasp, I would expect. I personally would have thrown a considerable circumstance modifier onto the check for a variety of factors, but given the situation, at best, I would have given you chance to make the giant get the 'shaken' condition, and that would be the maximum.