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Is Intimidate the worse skill in the game?
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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8061510" data-attributes="member: 19270"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Is it necessary having 3 separate skills for getting people to do what you want? Probably not. Let's just simply it all to <strong>Manipulate (Cha)</strong> with optional rules to substitute an ability score when it appears appropriate.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Otherwise, Intimidate is solid for certain targets. The hardcore gangster who tortures and kills for a living probably responds best to what he knows rather than a politician's promises. Personally, I don't roll these types of checks unless I have no idea how the target would respond. You tell the Emperor to hand over his crown, it won't matter how good your d20 roll is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">As to <em>Animal Handling</em> and <em>Sleight of Hand</em>, all depends on your campaign I suppose. Instead of useless, they're really situational and DM dependent. Last session, in my Dark Sun game, a player tried to leap on a kank (domesticated ant mount) and make it go. Had him make a roll (success) and he remembered you need to tap on its antennae to spur it to action. <em>Sleight of Hand </em>comes up for wizards (heavily hated and hunted in the setting) to try and hide their spellcasting and make it look like something else, such as psionics or elemental clerical magic. In our campaign, these skills can matter IF the DM provides a diverse set of opportunities for them to be utilized. Doesn't always mean players will. I can put out a kank for my players to ride, but I cannot lead them to water...or something like that.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8061510, member: 19270"] [LIST=1] [*]Is it necessary having 3 separate skills for getting people to do what you want? Probably not. Let's just simply it all to [B]Manipulate (Cha)[/B] with optional rules to substitute an ability score when it appears appropriate. [*]Otherwise, Intimidate is solid for certain targets. The hardcore gangster who tortures and kills for a living probably responds best to what he knows rather than a politician's promises. Personally, I don't roll these types of checks unless I have no idea how the target would respond. You tell the Emperor to hand over his crown, it won't matter how good your d20 roll is. [*]As to [I]Animal Handling[/I] and [I]Sleight of Hand[/I], all depends on your campaign I suppose. Instead of useless, they're really situational and DM dependent. Last session, in my Dark Sun game, a player tried to leap on a kank (domesticated ant mount) and make it go. Had him make a roll (success) and he remembered you need to tap on its antennae to spur it to action. [I]Sleight of Hand [/I]comes up for wizards (heavily hated and hunted in the setting) to try and hide their spellcasting and make it look like something else, such as psionics or elemental clerical magic. In our campaign, these skills can matter IF the DM provides a diverse set of opportunities for them to be utilized. Doesn't always mean players will. I can put out a kank for my players to ride, but I cannot lead them to water...or something like that. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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