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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5575903" data-attributes="member: 48965">I'm curious... when dealing with so many different and diverse types of campaigns as D&D has generally been used for... where does the line between "story" element and "mechanical" element get drawn?  I mean what makes one element a story element and another a mechanical element?  I think these skills (Intimidate, Insight, Bluff, etc.) can be used to enhance a particular type of performance... with certain people... perhaps.  But they don't encompass the actual technical skill needed for a performance in a professional capacity.  Otherwise a con-man or a bully should be able to bluff and intimidate any joke they've heard into being the funniest thing ever... and I'm not buying that.</blockquote>