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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5521337" data-attributes="member: 10784">I think you can really do more than just shout out orders, taunt allies, shout battle cries, etc, in combat.Imagine these scenarios:1) PCs strike a slaver's caravan, with the intent of freeing a just captured local noble.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then, seeing that they (the slavers) are losing the combat, a hidden slaver ducks into the wagon and pulls out the captured noble (bound &amp; gagged) and shouts out an order, &quot;Drop your weapons, or Duke Dunderhead gets it!&quot;&nbsp; And, he readies an action to apply a coup-de-gras to the helpless Duke.&nbsp; I would imagine some role-playing could come into play there.&nbsp; Do the players lay down their arms?&nbsp; Do they continue the attack, hoping that magic can revive the dead/dying Duke after his throat is slashed?&nbsp; Do they do something else?&nbsp; Do they even care about the fate of the Duke that deeply? Is the loss of the Duke okay if they save the other prisoners?2) A paladin has been going along for several levels, and undertaking missions to obtain various items on behalf of his goodly lord.&nbsp; The other players have gone along with him, as the missions have been profitable for them as well.&nbsp; Then, the PCs come upon a small town being overrun by undead - they start to combat the horde of undead when the paladin is commanded to stop by his lord, who suddenly appears.&nbsp; However, the lord is now bedecked in dark garb befitting an evil cleric of undead rebuking... what does the paladin say?&nbsp; What does the paladin (and his friends) do when his lord tells him that all those missions helped him create a powerful evil artifact?3) The novice players are summoned to the home of a local wizard on the outskirts of town.&nbsp; The wizard is also a mentor to the PC wizard.&nbsp; As they round the corner, a colossal red dragon is there and has just laid waste to the wizard's home - only a few charred stones remain.&nbsp; The PC wizard knows that his mentor rarely left the house, so was likely inside...&nbsp; The dragon then turns on the terrified players, who are far too close to escape a flying dragon.&nbsp; What do they say in this situation?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 5521337, member: 10784"] I think you can really do more than just shout out orders, taunt allies, shout battle cries, etc, in combat. Imagine these scenarios: 1) PCs strike a slaver's caravan, with the intent of freeing a just captured local noble. Then, seeing that they (the slavers) are losing the combat, a hidden slaver ducks into the wagon and pulls out the captured noble (bound & gagged) and shouts out an order, "Drop your weapons, or Duke Dunderhead gets it!" And, he readies an action to apply a coup-de-gras to the helpless Duke. I would imagine some role-playing could come into play there. Do the players lay down their arms? Do they continue the attack, hoping that magic can revive the dead/dying Duke after his throat is slashed? Do they do something else? Do they even care about the fate of the Duke that deeply? Is the loss of the Duke okay if they save the other prisoners? 2) A paladin has been going along for several levels, and undertaking missions to obtain various items on behalf of his goodly lord. The other players have gone along with him, as the missions have been profitable for them as well. Then, the PCs come upon a small town being overrun by undead - they start to combat the horde of undead when the paladin is commanded to stop by his lord, who suddenly appears. However, the lord is now bedecked in dark garb befitting an evil cleric of undead rebuking... what does the paladin say? What does the paladin (and his friends) do when his lord tells him that all those missions helped him create a powerful evil artifact? 3) The novice players are summoned to the home of a local wizard on the outskirts of town. The wizard is also a mentor to the PC wizard. As they round the corner, a colossal red dragon is there and has just laid waste to the wizard's home - only a few charred stones remain. The PC wizard knows that his mentor rarely left the house, so was likely inside... The dragon then turns on the terrified players, who are far too close to escape a flying dragon. What do they say in this situation? [/QUOTE]

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