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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6737231" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Each character can react in a different way to intimidation. One might ignore it, another might be cowered, or afraid, and maybe yet another would attack. How a character reacts, is up to the person playing that role.An intimidating sailor in a bar could provoke a dwarf character into a bar fight, or if the dwarf is a pacifist, he could do the exact opposite. It all depends on how the character is played, and a DM can't really determine for a player how he/she should react.I roll such checks versus PC's, so I know how to describe what follows next. I don't automatically assume that an npc is successful at an intimidate, plus a player might decide to return the favor. And when that happens, it all comes down to who has the higher roll. When it comes to deceit, I don't roll for that. When it comes to persuasion, that is definitely something I roll for. Maybe a merchant is trying to get a better deal out of selling an item, and depending on the roll, his story would change.</blockquote>