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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8477025" data-attributes="member: 97077">As it happens I use a lot of random or wandering monsters in many of my games. In some games, I have a macro that determines if they are friendly, indifferent, or hostile, which sets the starting condition to then use the rules for social interaction challenges in the DMG, if the PCs decide to engage with the monster/NPC that way.In other games, I just decide based on the situation and the lore provided in the Monster Manual. An aarakocra, therefore, might encounter the PCs and ask them if they know anything about where to find one of the shards from the Rod of Seven Parts or if they know of any cults of Elemental Evil operating in the area. Then we can see where the conversation goes from there. Easy.At no time do I roll d20+Intimidate to determine how to describe a monster. I just describe them and ask &quot;What do you do?&quot;I neither like nor dislike anything under discussion in this thread. If the rules told me to roll to see how intimidating the orc is before describing it to the players, I would do that. But they don't, so I don't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 8477025, member: 97077"] As it happens I use a lot of random or wandering monsters in many of my games. In some games, I have a macro that determines if they are friendly, indifferent, or hostile, which sets the starting condition to then use the rules for social interaction challenges in the DMG, if the PCs decide to engage with the monster/NPC that way. In other games, I just decide based on the situation and the lore provided in the Monster Manual. An aarakocra, therefore, might encounter the PCs and ask them if they know anything about where to find one of the shards from the Rod of Seven Parts or if they know of any cults of Elemental Evil operating in the area. Then we can see where the conversation goes from there. Easy. At no time do I roll d20+Intimidate to determine how to describe a monster. I just describe them and ask "What do you do?" I neither like nor dislike anything under discussion in this thread. If the rules told me to roll to see how intimidating the orc is before describing it to the players, I would do that. But they don't, so I don't. [/QUOTE]

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