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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 410240" data-attributes="member: 5889">People have always gotten really confused about intimidate, because the wording of the skill is very poor.But from what WOTC members, and board members alike have said in previous postings is that intimate isn't really a skill designed to scare the beejesus out of anyone, "arg!!! I'm really scary, run you puny mortal!!!" Its a way to use words in a threatening language to get people to do what you want.Example, in the situation we're talking about, let's say the sorcs run into a corner.The PC comes in, cocks an eyebrow and smiles and says, "You know you could run, and you might even get away. But (looking at a particular marking on the sorc's cloak) I notice your from the saris order. It would be a shame if something happened to them in your abscence"That's why its a charisma skill. I think you should be able to use intimidate as a scaring skill, since there are no others like it, but in that case I would say the opponent gets a will save vs your check (like a fear save), thereby paladins can't be intimidated. Also, it should have the same effects as fear, shaken vs flat out running, but it won't give you info.IF you watch the movies, you notice how heros use their intimidate skill. Some will <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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /> their guns slowly behind the guys ear. Some will lay down their weapon right in front of the guy, and put a "friendly hand" on his shoulder. Its not about being a badass, although being a badass helps and I think situation mods can often be in order, its about using it in a way that's just flat out cool.</blockquote>

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