Tome of Prowess (3.5e Sourcebook)/Intimidation
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Intimidation
| Fear Effect Stacking |
| The Intimidation skill was written with the intention of being used in an environment where fear effects don't stack, such as occurs under this variant rule not specifically included in this work. You can let the fear effects in this skill and in spells stack, both with themselves and each other, if you want to, but you should understand that this skill is significantly more powerful if these instances. |
The intimidation skill is a social skill involving the threat of force, violence, and other unpleasantries. With it you can scare people into helping or running from you. Those who practice intimidation intensely can scare off larger groups of people, demand obedience from others, and break fear’s grasp over people.
Key Attribute: Charisma
Check Modifiers
| Condition | Check Modifier |
Example |
|---|---|---|
| Took Offensive Action | +2 | You just wounded someone in front of your target. |
| Took Disconcerting Action | +5 | You just killed someone in front of your target. |
| Took Cold Blooded Action | +8 | You just killed someone close to your target in cold blood, and made the target watch. |
| Rushing | Check Modifier |
|---|---|
| Rushing a 1 minute action to a 2 round action | -5 |
| Rushing a 2 round action to a standard action | -5 |
| Rushing a 1 round or full-round action to a standard action | -3 |
| Rushing a standard action to a move action | -2 |
| Rushing a standard or move action to a swift action | -5 |
Rank 1 Uses
Help Me Out Here, Or Else
Fear is a powerful tool in social interactions. If you have at least one minute to interact with someone, you may make someone temporarily more “helpful”. The base DC for this check is 15 + their CR, and you gain a bonus or penalty to your check as indicated in the conditions listed above. The DC is also modified by other situational events as indicated in the table above.
Each intimidation attempt lowers the target’s actual attitude towards you by one step, regardless of whether the check succeeds or fails. If you beat your target’s check result, you may treat the target as friendly towards you, but only for the purpose of actions taken while it remains intimidated. The target retains its normal attitude, but will chat, advise, offer limited help, or advocate on your behalf while intimidated. The duration of this effect depends on your check result. As long as your attempt is successful and you are still present at its expiration, you are entitled to an intimidation check as a standard action to extend the effect without the normal rush penalty.
Base DC: 15 + Character Level
Check Result:
- DC+10 and above: The target is really, really scared of you. They are treated as friendly whenever you interact with them, but they go out of their way to avoid you and may be difficult to track down. They probably leave town or go underground as soon as possible even. This effect lasts until their CR increases or they witness you being defeated.
- DC+5 to DC+9: The target believes that bad things will happen if they don’t try to placate you. They are treated as friendly towards you for 1d6 hours, until their CR increases, or they witness you being defeated.
- DC+0 to DC+4: The target believes that bad things will happen if they don’t try to placate you. They are treated as friendly towards you for 1d6 minutes.
- DC-1 to DC-5: Though you may actually be scary, the target isn’t moved and remains uncooperative.
- DC-6 and below: The target thinks you’re rather annoying when you try to be scary. They openly mock you, provide you with incorrect or useless information, or otherwise frustrate your efforts.
Rank 4 Uses
Shake Resolve
With threats, gestures, and posture you can make even the bravest foe cower. You may attempt to scare off an enemy rather than, or in addition to, trying to stab them in the face. As a standard action, you may attempt to shake the resolve of one target who is either adjacent to you or within your threatened area. The base DC for this check is 15 + their CR. You gain a bonus or penalty to your check as indicated in the conditions listed above. The exact effects are dependent upon your check result. This is a [Fear] effect.
Note that the conditions generated do not stack with additional uses of this ability or with uses of this ability from other sources.
Base DC: 15 + Character Level
Check Result:
- DC+10 and above: The target is panicked for 1 round, plus 1 additional round for each 2 points your check exceeded 10 over the DC. After this duration they are frightened for 3 rounds, and then shaken for 4 more rounds.
- DC+5 to DC+9: The target is frightened for 1 round, plus 1 additional round for each 2 points your check exceeded 5 more than the DC. After this duration they are shaken for 4 more rounds.
- DC+0 to DC+4: The target is shaken for 2 rounds, plus 1 additional round for each 2 points your check exceeded the DC.
- DC-1 and below: You fail to shake the resolve of your opponent. It’s time to try old fashioned killing.
Rank 6 Uses
Shout Them Down
It's easy to project an air of confidence and menace when you know what you're doing. You can get multiple creatures to run from you instead of fighting. When you use the Shake Resolve ability you may target all individuals in your threatened area. For the purposes of this ability, your threatened area is considered to reach an additional 5 feet for every 2 ranks in intimidation above 6 you possess. You may exclude any targets within this area that you like from the effect. You must have line of sight to a target to affect them. No matter how many targets you attempt to affect with this ability, you only make one check. That result is then compared to the DCs for each target. This ability otherwise functions like the Shake Resolve ability.
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Rank 8 Uses
New Orders
You’ve learned which tones of voice work best to get people to obey you without thought. Under most circumstances you can make a target drop what they’re doing and follow your orders instead. As a standard action, you can make a demand of a target that they may follow without question. Targets must be able to see and hear you clearly to be affected by this ability, and may not be currently engaged in combat with you. The base DC for this check is 15 + their CR. You gain a bonus or penalty to your check as indicated in the conditions listed above. Targets also become resistant to your control, and you suffer a cumulative +3 penalty to the DC for each additional attempt you make on a target. It is difficult to catch a target more than once with this ability.
If you succeed, they follow brief (20 words or less) instructions from you to the best of their ability. The instructions may not be suicidal or result in obvious harm to the target. This condition is a [Fear] effect. How long they follow your instructions depends on your check result.
Base DC: 15 + Character Level, +3 for each additional check, + conditions
Check Result:
- DC+10 and above: The target follows your orders for up to 12 hours. They receive a will save every 10 minutes they remain away from you (DC 10 + half your intimidation bonus) to end the effect immediately.
- DC+5 to DC+9: The target follows your orders for up to 20 minutes. They receive a will save every 5 rounds they remain away from you (DC 10 + half your intimidation bonus) to end the effect immediately.
- DC+0 to DC+4: The target follows your orders for up to 1 minute. They receive a will save every round they remain away from you (DC 10 + half your intimidation bonus) to end the effect immediately.
- DC-1 and below: You fail to order the target around, and they react appropriately to such a failure.
Rank 10 Uses
Cowards, All of You!
You don’t just shake the resolve of your enemies with your actions and combat prowess, but with your very presence. You don't even have to know a creature is present to make it run from you instead of fighting. When you use the Shout Them Down ability you may reduce your effective reach by 5 feet to eliminate either the line of sight requirement, but the target must still be able to hear or otherwise recognize your presence. This ability otherwise functions like the Shout Them Down ability.
Rank 12 Uses
Go Jump Off A Cliff
Some tones of voice can override a person's natural sense of self preservation. You have practiced these tones, and may use them where you feel appropriate. When you issue a demand to a creature with the New Orders ability, you may ask them to perform suicidal or obviously harmful actions. You suffer a -5 penalty to your check when you do so.
Additionally, you may now affect all targets within a 10 foot radius with your New Orders ability, or any two targets no farther than 20 feet apart. When you attempt to affect multiple targets, you make only one roll and compare it to each of their DCs.
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