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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8063338" data-attributes="member: 58197">That is one way Intimidate can be used. I picked up on the dracolich example because somebody said there was no need for a check in that case, and I disagreed.It is certainly not the only way. The point of Intimidation is to convince somebody that you can and will cause harm to them if they don't do what you want. Whether you actually can and will cause harm to them is a separate question. Maybe you can. And then again, maybe you can't. Or maybe you can, but you won't. Bluffing an enemy who is, in actual fact, stronger than you is a valid and potent use of Intimidation.Comparing Intimidation to Persuasion and Deception, Intimidation carries the highest risk of landing you in a fight, but it can accomplish things that Persuasion can't (&quot;Give me your magic sword, right now, for nothing&quot;), and it doesn't require as much knowledge of the target as Deception does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8063338, member: 58197"] That is [I]one way [/I]Intimidate can be used. I picked up on the dracolich example because somebody said there was no need for a check in that case, and I disagreed. It is certainly not the only way. The point of Intimidation is to convince somebody that you can and will cause harm to them if they don't do what you want. Whether you [I]actually[/I] can and will cause harm to them is a separate question. Maybe you can. And then again, maybe you can't. Or maybe you can, but you won't. Bluffing an enemy who is, in actual fact, stronger than you is a valid and potent use of Intimidation. Comparing Intimidation to Persuasion and Deception, Intimidation carries the highest risk of landing you in a fight, but it can accomplish things that Persuasion can't ("Give me your magic sword, right now, for nothing"), and it doesn't require as much knowledge of the target as Deception does. [/QUOTE]

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