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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6962387" data-attributes="member: 6777052">All of which boils down to the players telling the DM how their characters appear and how they conduct themselves, and the DM judging how his NPCs would reasonably respond. If the DM can't decide or wants to allow the PC some small chance to get a favourable outcome, he can call for a suitable check.Player: I swagger into the inn and accost the man serving behind the bar, saying: "Ho, varlet, do you not know me? I am Sir Egbert de ValorHands, slayer of the Goat of Mercius, Knight of the Realm, and companion to the late Wizard Humphrey. Your finest rooms, and be quick about it!"DM: The man looks you up and down, notes the way your tabard is on backwards and your shoes are on the wrong feet, and decides you are either a charlatan or a simpleton. "Certainly," he says, "Our finest room is 3000 guineas a night, payment in advance. Will you be requiring dinner? We have a very full menu. The roast cockatrice is recommended and only 630 guineas a portion?"Player: Egbert realises that the prices are absurd and that he is being given the brush-off. He fixes the man with an uncomfortable stare, drums his fingers on the bar and says, very quietly, "I think it is time that this inn had a new owner." Then he grasps the man by the elbow and squeezes very hard until the bones are just on the point of giving way, but not quite. "Shall we say 2000 guineas for the inn, lock, stock and barrel?"DM: Make a Strength(Intimidation) check, please. I'm rolling a Wisdom check for the innkeeper. *rolls dice* Okay, your DC is 17.You don't really need a number to represent "Level of Superiority" because everything is situational.</blockquote>

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