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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 4134602" data-attributes="member: 2795"><p>My next campaign will use something similar to True20's "fast task" rules:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">You reduce the time needed to complete the check by accepting a penalty to -5 check or a +5 bonus to the check's DC. If the check is normally a full-round action, it becomes a standard action. An standard action becomes a move action, while a move action becomes a free action. For checks requiring time in rounds, minutes, or longer, reduce the time needed by 25 percent per -5/+5 modifier, to a maximum 75% reduction.</span></p><p></p><p>Thus, a character could "fast task" an demoralize check by accepting a -5 penalty to the check.</p><p></p><p>Here are the Intimidate rules I'll be using in my next campaign. I glommed them from True20.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em>Demoralizing:</em> You can use Intimidate in combat to demoralize an opponent, shaking their confidence. Make an Intimidate check as a standard action. If it succeeds, your target is shaken (-2 on all attack rolls, checks, and saving throws) for one round.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em>Mass Intimidate:</em> You can attempt to intimidate more than one subject at a time. You suffer a -2 penalty to your check per opponent beyond the first.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em>Power Intimidate:</em> In return for a -5 penalty to your Intimidate check, you can increase the penalty you inflict for demoralizing a foe by -1 or force your subject to take an action that is against his interests (but not life threatening). You can take this challenge multiple times to increase the demoralize penalty. However, you can’t use Intimidate to force someone to accept a life-threatening order.</span></p><p></p><p>Note the lack of a specific requirement that the Intimidate check's target be in the intimidator's threat area.</p><p></p><p>So, for example, Gronk the Intimidator sees a bad guy roughing up the party wizard. Gronk can't get to the wizard this round, but he can do this: move closer to the wizard and then use power intimidate as a standard action (with a -5 penalty), stipulating that his power initimidate, if successful, will force the bad guy to use a move action to retreat away from the wizard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Chance, post: 4134602, member: 2795"] My next campaign will use something similar to True20's "fast task" rules: [color=limegreen]You reduce the time needed to complete the check by accepting a penalty to -5 check or a +5 bonus to the check's DC. If the check is normally a full-round action, it becomes a standard action. An standard action becomes a move action, while a move action becomes a free action. For checks requiring time in rounds, minutes, or longer, reduce the time needed by 25 percent per -5/+5 modifier, to a maximum 75% reduction.[/color] Thus, a character could "fast task" an demoralize check by accepting a -5 penalty to the check. Here are the Intimidate rules I'll be using in my next campaign. I glommed them from True20. [color=limegreen][i]Demoralizing:[/i] You can use Intimidate in combat to demoralize an opponent, shaking their confidence. Make an Intimidate check as a standard action. If it succeeds, your target is shaken (-2 on all attack rolls, checks, and saving throws) for one round. [i]Mass Intimidate:[/i] You can attempt to intimidate more than one subject at a time. You suffer a -2 penalty to your check per opponent beyond the first. [i]Power Intimidate:[/i] In return for a -5 penalty to your Intimidate check, you can increase the penalty you inflict for demoralizing a foe by -1 or force your subject to take an action that is against his interests (but not life threatening). You can take this challenge multiple times to increase the demoralize penalty. However, you can’t use Intimidate to force someone to accept a life-threatening order.[/color] Note the lack of a specific requirement that the Intimidate check's target be in the intimidator's threat area. So, for example, Gronk the Intimidator sees a bad guy roughing up the party wizard. Gronk can't get to the wizard this round, but he can do this: move closer to the wizard and then use power intimidate as a standard action (with a -5 penalty), stipulating that his power initimidate, if successful, will force the bad guy to use a move action to retreat away from the wizard. [/QUOTE]
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