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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8062846" data-attributes="member: 7019027">What if the guard is an A-hole and doesn't give a damn about the average begging peons that happen to wander the streets? Could always be bluffing. Yeah, sure, it looks like the phylactery, but if he shows no signs of being threatening, he may not have to guts to do it or the skill to do it quick enough for them to yield. If the dracolich goes first, he may be able to just escape with it. Potato farmers are dumb. Sure, they may see your shiny armor and your flaming sword and think &quot;wow, this guy is really strong, maybe I shouldn't mess with him.&quot; But they may also see your shiny armor and flaming sword and think &quot;yeah, if I go right for the neck, I think I can take him.&quot; Like the idiots people are. I think you're missing a key component:You do not care how people feel about you when you intimidate people. You aren't here to make friends, you're here to get what you want and leave. Whatever strength these peasants could muster up to face you is not enough to persuade you. They aren't going to gain enough power to be a problem. You can take out their whole village if need be. The king or presiding noble isn't going to do anything about it because he doesn't care about the common rabble enough to bat an eye. They probably do, but the stupid commoners don't know that. They probably only know the nobility from the knights that tax them every couple of moons. If you're good-aligned, you're not often going to use intimidation for the reasons you gave. But you needn't always be good-aligned. There's nothing wrong with scaring a few weaklings to have them know your place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8062846, member: 7019027"] What if the guard is an A-hole and doesn't give a damn about the average begging peons that happen to wander the streets? Could always be bluffing. Yeah, sure, it looks like the phylactery, but if he shows no signs of being threatening, he may not have to guts to do it or the skill to do it quick enough for them to yield. If the dracolich goes first, he may be able to just escape with it. Potato farmers are dumb. Sure, they may see your shiny armor and your flaming sword and think "wow, this guy is really strong, maybe I shouldn't mess with him." But they may also see your shiny armor and flaming sword and think "yeah, if I go right for the neck, I think I can take him." Like the idiots people are. I think you're missing a key component: You do not care how people feel about you when you intimidate people. You aren't here to make friends, you're here to get what you want and leave. Whatever strength these peasants could muster up to face you is not enough to persuade you. They aren't going to gain enough power to be a problem. You can take out their whole village if need be. The king or presiding noble isn't going to do anything about it because he doesn't care about the common rabble enough to bat an eye. They probably do, but the stupid commoners don't know that. They probably only know the nobility from the knights that tax them every couple of moons. If you're good-aligned, you're not often going to use intimidation for the reasons you gave. But you needn't always be good-aligned. There's nothing wrong with scaring a few weaklings to have them know your place. [/QUOTE]

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