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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7890612" data-attributes="member: 23751">Threatened square is a mechanical/positional description.&nbsp; The game explicitly has other threats other than threatened squares.&nbsp; Look at the Calm Animals spell.&nbsp; It has this to say...&quot;Any threat (such as fire, a hungry predator, or an imminent attack) breaks the spell on the threatened creatures.&quot;A threat doesn't have to be right next to you, nor does it have to be an imminent attack.&nbsp; A person who is hostile is plenty capable within the rules of being a threat to the PC.From page 312 of the PHB: &quot; take 10: To reduce the chances of failure on certain skill checks by assuming an average die roll result (10 on a d20 roll). You can’t take 10 if distracted or threatened, such as during combat&quot;Such as during combat, which clearly means that you can be threatened outside of combat. Page 51 of the DMG states that during a negotiation, threats can happen during wordplay.&nbsp; It's crystal clear that there are threats and things that are threatening that do not involve threatened squres.&nbsp; It's also clear that there can be threats and threatening individuals in the midst of diplomacy, which would negate taking 10.&nbsp; Take 10 doesn't say when a PC is in a threatened square he can't take 10.&nbsp; Only that he be threatened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7890612, member: 23751"] Threatened square is a mechanical/positional description. The game explicitly has other threats other than threatened squares. Look at the Calm Animals spell. It has this to say... "Any threat (such as fire, a hungry predator, or an imminent attack) breaks the spell on the threatened creatures." A threat doesn't have to be right next to you, nor does it have to be an imminent attack. A person who is hostile is plenty capable within the rules of being a threat to the PC. From page 312 of the PHB: " take 10: To reduce the chances of failure on certain skill checks by assuming an average die roll result (10 on a d20 roll). You can’t take 10 if distracted or threatened, such as during combat" Such as during combat, which clearly means that you can be threatened outside of combat. Page 51 of the DMG states that during a negotiation, threats can happen during wordplay. It's crystal clear that there are threats and things that are threatening that do not involve threatened squres. It's also clear that there can be threats and threatening individuals in the midst of diplomacy, which would negate taking 10. Take 10 doesn't say when a PC is in a threatened square he can't take 10. Only that he be threatened. [/QUOTE]

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