Intimidate

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Intimidate is an ability that can be used with either Charisma, Strength, or Speechcraft.

This ability allows you to startle or panic someone, putting them into a state of Distress and making them more susceptible to Charisma, Speechcraft and Deceit rolls. This has a Difficulty Level of 3 against characters at an equal level to you. For every two levels higher than you a character is, the DL increases by 1. For every two levels lower than you a character is, the DL decreases by 1.

Depending on which Skill intimidate is used with, it must be RPed in a different way. The moment you RP an intimidate attempt, you must roll from the skill it best fits. The three types are as follows:

  • Charisma: Intimidating through looks and perceived importance. If you attempt to intimidate someone simply by staring them down the right way, it will be considered a CHA roll.
  • Strength: Intimidating through feats of strength, physical threats, and outright violence. If you pin someone against a wall and shake them by the shoulders, it will be considered an STR roll.
  • Speechcraft: Intimidating through threats and well picked out words. If you intimidate someone by telling them that you can gain access to their porn collection, it will be considered an SPC roll.

If a character does something that doesn't obviously fall into one of these categories, then either ask in chat, or use a close equivalent. For example: Threatening someone through use of magic would likely be an SPC roll, as you'd be more likely to tell the person you'll light them on fire than shake a lit fireball in front of them. If you actually are shaking a lit fireball in front of someone, this would likely be an CHA roll, as then you're threatening through a form of perceived power and importance.