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Mostly asking GMs who ran this, our GM made it seem like the only possible way to get people to step out of the auction was to use intimidate. Were there other social skill options?
For instance I offered to Finks. "Back out of the auction, and the society will make sure you have an opportunity to pay back your debts without fear of murderous reprisal."
I said this believing it to be diplomacy. I had to roll intimidate. I'm not a thug, I don't want to intimidate thugs into running I want them to make a deal that benefits me more than it benefits them.
I'm a trade prince of Qadira, I try to make fair deals, but when I have the guy over a barrel, why wouldn't I make a favorable deal? I'm not threatening his
There were a couple others that were similar, I'm just wondering if it was written in a way that allowed for only one skill, or if I just simply didn't say it diplomatically enough to make it a diplomacy check, and he felt threatened so the GM ruled intimidate.
I am by no means complaining about my GM, he was awesome and fun to play with. I'm just curious about the module; it seemed very weighted to a couple of very specific skills.
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There was a limited amount of leeway. As GMs we were instructed to play college baseball, not little league. (no softballing.)
I think it might've come across as intimidate with the noise levels of the con and the inclusion of reference to murderous reprisals... But that's just guessing.
Lol, yeah I was just wondering if the scenario specifically said "there is no reasoning with this guy, you can scare him into doing what you want, but nothing else"
"if you back out, we'll offer you protection" seems like diplomacy to me, as opposed to "if you don't back out I'll tell your debter where to find you" which seems more like intimidate.
it was hectic and rushed, for sure. Lots of fun though :D