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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flipguarder" data-source="post: 4825399" data-attributes="member: 61430">The DM not only should, but IS able to arbitrarily set anything he wants. And in addition to that, the skill option specifically states that the DM can set the DC.Not to say its particularly nice or fair of him to set the dc to intimidate a human rabble at 100, but he can do it, its his right in more ways than one.Your original post boasts that you can intimidate a bloodied foe your level with a 4 or higher. Your most recent post suggests that if someone did not do what you did that they must roll a 19 to successfully intimidate anyone. Is there no reasonable middle ground to these two extremes?In situations were one is selecting the actions of a monster/npc, the DM is in full control. You can tell the DM that you wish to intimidate the monster/npc, you can roll a twenty and end up with a modified 50 on your intimidate check. The ball then goes to him and he can do with it whatever he wishes.It never specifically states that you get to choose which result comes from a successful check. Your DM may be nice and say it's your choice, you may decide together that it makes the most sense if it's your choice. But because the rules do not specifically state it, you cannot go to your DM point at that page and say "See it's my choice". It simply isn't denoted in the text.</blockquote>