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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8061787" data-attributes="member: 7006">This is why my amended skill list has had all the "bad" skills thus far mentioned removed.  I always use the Optional Rule of Variant Ability Score + Skill and thus:Acrobatics gone-- use Athletics [DEX] insteadAnimal Handing gone-- use Nature [WIS] insteadIntimidation gone-- use STR [Persuasion] insteadMedicine gone-- use Survival [INT] insteadSleight of Hand gone-- use Deception [DEX] insteadThen depending on the campaign I will add in other potential skills like Commerce, Warfare, Nobility, or Folklore.As far as the Intimidation skill itself is concerned... my next upcoming campaign is going to be in Theros... and thus with the heavily-Greek inspired setting, both Persuasion and Intimidation will get a bit of a revamp.  Persuasion will be used almost exclusively as philosophical debate, logical argument and rhetoric (an exceedingly important part of Greek life).  Whereas Intimidation will be not only your standard threats of violence... but also your presence.  How important you are, how imposing, how much your reputation precedes you, how in awe people are of you.  It won't be strictly a negative reaction... but will often be quite positive and you won't even necessarily have to do anything to accomplish it.  When you make a check and succeed, the people will kiss your ring and lick your boots.  And you won't ever have to threaten to snap someone's neck to do it.So this'll be one campaign where I'll be leaving both Persuasion and Intimidation in (and it only makes me wish even more that we could rename and revamp the skill list in D&D Beyond, because I'd love to rename both skills to Rhetoric and Presence instead.)</blockquote>

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