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<blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus" data-source="post: 1604595" data-attributes="member: 1077">Intimidation is all about Charisma.&nbsp; Strength has pretty much nothing to do with it.&nbsp; Strength is a purely physical-based attribute, and Charisma is a purely mental or emotional-based attribute.&nbsp; When I think of someone trying to intimidate another person, I picture their tone of voice, their facial expressions, their words and their hand motions or general body language.&nbsp; All of these little &quot;characteristics&quot; of intimidation are non-physical, or Charisma based.&nbsp; If you used Strength in place of Charisma, you wouldn't be reacting in the same manner.&nbsp; Strength doesn't determine your tone of voice, your words or your body language.&nbsp; It determines if you hit something, if you hurt something, or if you break something.&nbsp; And if you are doing that to a target, it is not intimidating but attack or torturing.&nbsp; A big difference...What you describe here is NOT a Strength check, but a Charisma check with a possible circumstance bonus.&nbsp; This is how I would handle the above scenario.DM: Make a Strength check to see if you can bend the sword (DC would be something high, at least a 25 if not 30 - 35).If the check succeeded, I would give a circumstance bonus to the intimidate check (Charisma based).&nbsp; Probably just a +2, which is standard, but I might even give a +4 to the check based on the fact he just bent a metal weapon in his hands.&nbsp; That would be the correct way to resolve the above scenario IMO of course...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RigaMortus, post: 1604595, member: 1077"] Intimidation is all about Charisma. Strength has pretty much nothing to do with it. Strength is a purely physical-based attribute, and Charisma is a purely mental or emotional-based attribute. When I think of someone trying to intimidate another person, I picture their tone of voice, their facial expressions, their words and their hand motions or general body language. All of these little "characteristics" of intimidation are non-physical, or Charisma based. If you used Strength in place of Charisma, you wouldn't be reacting in the same manner. Strength doesn't determine your tone of voice, your words or your body language. It determines if you hit something, if you hurt something, or if you break something. And if you are doing that to a target, it is not intimidating but attack or torturing. A big difference... What you describe here is NOT a Strength check, but a Charisma check with a possible circumstance bonus. This is how I would handle the above scenario. DM: Make a Strength check to see if you can bend the sword (DC would be something high, at least a 25 if not 30 - 35). If the check succeeded, I would give a circumstance bonus to the intimidate check (Charisma based). Probably just a +2, which is standard, but I might even give a +4 to the check based on the fact he just bent a metal weapon in his hands. That would be the correct way to resolve the above scenario IMO of course... [/QUOTE]

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