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<blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 409162" data-attributes="member: 913">I would rule Intimidate to work similarly to Diplomacy - ie a roll of 15 would &quot;improve&quot; relations by one step, and a roll of 25 would &quot;improve&quot; relations by two steps.&nbsp; In this case, however, realtions wouldn't be &quot;improved&quot; beyond the immediate encounter, and they would only be &quot;improved&quot; in so far as the NPC's willingness to comply with the PC's requests.&nbsp; So, a hostile opponent could be intimidated into acting unfriendly, thereby ceasing immediate hostilities, or even to neutral, thereby willing to bargain or deal further.The difference I see between Intimidate and Diplomacy is that Intimidate can be used during a combat, while Diplomacy cannot, and Diplomacy can genuinely affect an NPC's feelings toward a PC, while Intimidate cannot.In your case, I would have had the sorcerers stop and bargain with the PC's, obviously wanting to avoid a confrontation.&nbsp; However, they would likely still be unfriendly, or at least neutral toward the PC's, and thus they would only give as much information as needed to avoid conflict.&nbsp; I think the Intimidate roll would certainly be enough to get the sorcerers to drop the kidnap victim.If the PC's attacked anyway, I'd have the sorcerers flee or defend themselves, unless they have reason to believe the PC's are merciful, in which case they would probably surrender.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Schmoe, post: 409162, member: 913"] I would rule Intimidate to work similarly to Diplomacy - ie a roll of 15 would "improve" relations by one step, and a roll of 25 would "improve" relations by two steps. In this case, however, realtions wouldn't be "improved" beyond the immediate encounter, and they would only be "improved" in so far as the NPC's willingness to comply with the PC's requests. So, a hostile opponent could be intimidated into acting unfriendly, thereby ceasing immediate hostilities, or even to neutral, thereby willing to bargain or deal further. The difference I see between Intimidate and Diplomacy is that Intimidate can be used during a combat, while Diplomacy cannot, and Diplomacy can genuinely affect an NPC's feelings toward a PC, while Intimidate cannot. In your case, I would have had the sorcerers stop and bargain with the PC's, obviously wanting to avoid a confrontation. However, they would likely still be unfriendly, or at least neutral toward the PC's, and thus they would only give as much information as needed to avoid conflict. I think the Intimidate roll would certainly be enough to get the sorcerers to drop the kidnap victim. If the PC's attacked anyway, I'd have the sorcerers flee or defend themselves, unless they have reason to believe the PC's are merciful, in which case they would probably surrender. [/QUOTE]

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