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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I still think it's too generalized, but I get your thought process. A giant muscley barbarian should be good at intimidation, as should a spooky necromantic wizard, but it's not designed to make that easy to do. 3.5 did a better job at skills I think.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can always just ask the dm. Intimidate via strength for the barbarian isn't all that uncommon

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am the dm, but yeah I get your point. There's always ways to homebrew things.

[–] Enk1@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

As a DM, the rules-as-written are more a suggestion than rules. As long as you're consistent with applying your modified rules, give that Barb an Intimidation bonus based on STR or whatever you like. I have a pretty decent sized list of rules I treat differently than RAW, because some spells and abilities are never used - why cast anything else when you have access to Fireball?