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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7585665" data-attributes="member: 6802951">I'm not sure that I've ever said anything about when you get to make skill rolls here. Was it in another thread?(I mean, yes, you should tell your DM what you're trying to do and wait for them to decide what sort of roll to make if its not a cut-and-dried situation like shoving for example. I do know one player who will interrupt a room or NPC description with &quot;I make a X roll!&quot; while bowling their D20 across the table. Getting them to backtrack and explain what they are trying to do, resolving it, then continuing with the description can be a pain sometimes.)&nbsp;The OP is talking about an ability that will cause a creature to focus on and move to the user even if that would cause them damage through attacks of opportunity or movement-induced damage effects (such as booming blade if its not the fiirst time that&nbsp; have been affected by it.) The wall of fire was a convenient example of roughly equivalent potential damage. Feel free to substitute &quot;past several armed opponents without taking precautions to stop them from stabbing me&quot; if that particular example is problematic.&nbsp;No, I am genuinely interested in how an animal-intelligence creature with no shared language might be able to perform a Warcraft-style Taunt, and what that would actually look like in the reality of the world. Hence why I asked.I'd probably handle taunting as the OP defines it by an opposed Charisma vs Wisdom check personally, with advantage/disadvantage assigned appropriately.&nbsp;I think that there might have been some initial confusion as to whether you meant the general usage of simply mocking an opponent or the WoW Warrior ability use of the word. It is evident that other people have different opinions than you as to how they would handle it, and what restrictions they would put upon its use. Very few have said that they would outright not allow it at all though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7585665, member: 6802951"] I'm not sure that I've ever said anything about when you get to make skill rolls here. Was it in another thread? (I mean, yes, you should tell your DM what you're trying to do and wait for them to decide what sort of roll to make if its not a cut-and-dried situation like shoving for example. I do know one player who will interrupt a room or NPC description with "I make a X roll!" while bowling their D20 across the table. Getting them to backtrack and explain what they are trying to do, resolving it, then continuing with the description can be a pain sometimes.) The OP is talking about an ability that will cause a creature to focus on and move to the user even if that would cause them damage through attacks of opportunity or movement-induced damage effects (such as booming blade if its not the fiirst time that have been affected by it.) The wall of fire was a convenient example of roughly equivalent potential damage. Feel free to substitute "past several armed opponents without taking precautions to stop them from stabbing me" if that particular example is problematic. No, I am genuinely interested in how an animal-intelligence creature with no shared language might be able to perform a Warcraft-style Taunt, and what that would actually look like in the reality of the world. Hence why I asked. I'd probably handle taunting as the OP defines it by an opposed Charisma vs Wisdom check personally, with advantage/disadvantage assigned appropriately. I think that there might have been some initial confusion as to whether you meant the general usage of simply mocking an opponent or the WoW Warrior ability use of the word. It is evident that other people have different opinions than you as to how they would handle it, and what restrictions they would put upon its use. Very few have said that they would outright not allow it at all though. [/QUOTE]

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