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Is Intimidate the worse skill in the game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8061663" data-attributes="member: 7019027"><p>You do not intimidate someone that you can not handle a fight with. You intimidate someone you know you'd win a fight against (or at least your character thinks they could). </p><p></p><p>Intimidation isn't just a threat. Intimidation is the art of communicating that you're superior to your opponent. It's a mercy, where you could kill them with little effort, you've decided to spare their life. </p><p></p><p>Intimidation is when a bandit is by himself against your level 5 party and you want to take information or take away the bandit's well-being. If you succeed your intimidation check, the enemy is intimidated by you. They understand any fight they try to make will end up with their heads on the floor, most likely. They don't want that. They like being alive. </p><p></p><p>You can try to <em>persuade</em> the bandit for info, but if the bandit sees you as a nuisance and not a threat, they'll just not say anything regardless of your roll. Why should they? Since when is someone going to rat out their business because someone kindly sweet-talked them? </p><p></p><p>Some people cannot be persuaded through proper ettiquette and needs their lives threatened to squeal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8061663, member: 7019027"] You do not intimidate someone that you can not handle a fight with. You intimidate someone you know you'd win a fight against (or at least your character thinks they could). Intimidation isn't just a threat. Intimidation is the art of communicating that you're superior to your opponent. It's a mercy, where you could kill them with little effort, you've decided to spare their life. Intimidation is when a bandit is by himself against your level 5 party and you want to take information or take away the bandit's well-being. If you succeed your intimidation check, the enemy is intimidated by you. They understand any fight they try to make will end up with their heads on the floor, most likely. They don't want that. They like being alive. You can try to [I]persuade[/I] the bandit for info, but if the bandit sees you as a nuisance and not a threat, they'll just not say anything regardless of your roll. Why should they? Since when is someone going to rat out their business because someone kindly sweet-talked them? Some people cannot be persuaded through proper ettiquette and needs their lives threatened to squeal. [/QUOTE]
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