What do you roll against intimidation?

What do you roll against intimidation?

For Intimidation, use opposed Charisma. Wisdom is often a representative of will in D&D, an those with lower wisdom are more easily scared, manipulated and don’t notice as much.

How do you increase intimidation in D&D 5E?

Once you get 8 ranks in Intimidate (5th level), you can take Never Outnumbered. A skill trick simply requires 2 skill points to take, so if you have a smart minotaur, you can pick it up at level 5 when you take your 8th rank in Intimidate. Once you get 9 ranks in Intimidate (6th level), you can take Frightful Presence.

When to use friendly or hostile skill checks?

If the players ask for something very unreasonable, that can immediately move the NPC’s attitude to hostile; conversely, when dealing with an NPC that has a long history of positive interactions with the players, a starting attitude of friendly could be appropriate.

What should skill checks be used in a bargaining?

The guidelines for Social Interaction (DMG, pp. 244-245) can be used for bargaining. The general procedure would be: Determine the NPC’s initial attitude, either hostile, indifferent, or friendly. For merchants that player characters are likely to be bartering with, indifferent seems appropriate in most cases.

When do skill checks have advantage or disadvantage?

If other characters have assisted in the conversation, the check may have advantage; if they have significantly hindered the conversation, it may have disadvantage. If the check is successful, the characters get what they want; if it is unsuccessful, they don’t.

Can a persuasion check be used on a dice roll?

Don’t let anything be determined by dice roll unless all possible outcomes are acceptable. You can just declare some things as immediate failures. If a player asks if they can make a Persuasion check to have an armorer give them a sword for free, “that’s not going to work” is a perfectly acceptable answer.