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Is Intimidate the worse skill in the game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Baldurs_Underdark" data-source="post: 8061886" data-attributes="member: 6880355"><p>As a DM, I use intimidation rolls a lot (I let my players roll for it a lot).</p><p></p><p>A typical situation is: PCs and an NPC are negotiating. PCs can't immediately get what they want, and because they are a chaotic bunch (both in and out of character) they usually try some shenanigans: bribing, lying, but also threatening. Threats are often covert and between the lines, but a threat nonetheless. So that is an intimidation roll. Success means the NPC gives in, fail means negotiations continue. Obviously, if they just pull out 6 knives and put them at the throat of the NPC as a means of intimidation, a fail would mean the end of negotiations and probably start of combat. </p><p></p><p>Remember that the DM determines when the players roll. I have one player who frequently states "I would like to intimidate [the NPC]", to which I always answer: "how would you do that?". It has happened that he ended up rolling a persuasion or performance instead of intimidation, based on the description that followed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baldurs_Underdark, post: 8061886, member: 6880355"] As a DM, I use intimidation rolls a lot (I let my players roll for it a lot). A typical situation is: PCs and an NPC are negotiating. PCs can't immediately get what they want, and because they are a chaotic bunch (both in and out of character) they usually try some shenanigans: bribing, lying, but also threatening. Threats are often covert and between the lines, but a threat nonetheless. So that is an intimidation roll. Success means the NPC gives in, fail means negotiations continue. Obviously, if they just pull out 6 knives and put them at the throat of the NPC as a means of intimidation, a fail would mean the end of negotiations and probably start of combat. Remember that the DM determines when the players roll. I have one player who frequently states "I would like to intimidate [the NPC]", to which I always answer: "how would you do that?". It has happened that he ended up rolling a persuasion or performance instead of intimidation, based on the description that followed. [/QUOTE]
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