Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players debate Intimidation versus Deception checks and their uses Larian StudiosThe Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community has debated the merits of using Intimidation versus Deception after hearing one player\u2019s experience. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is an absolutely massive RPG that lets players navigate the world in a variety of ways. Most conversations with NPCs out in the world can have drastically different outcomes depending on how you approach them. Characters can use prior knowledge to sway NPCs, pass Intimidation, Persuasion, and Deception checks to get their way, or simply attack straight away. However, some players have started to debate the uses of Initimidation versus Deception, after one player detailed their RP-breaking experience after they failed an Intimidation check against a prison guard. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans debate Intimidation versus Deception A post on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit gained traction after one fan shared an unsatisfying conclusion to an interaction after failing an Intimidation check. According to the OP, they were locked in prison and attempted to intimidate the prison guard into letting them out. However, upon failing the Intimidation check, they were \u201cteleported back\u201d into their cell with no consequences. \u201cIn what galaxy does someone who just threatened to rip a person\u2019s throat out for not letting them pass, and MEANT IT, respond to \u2018Sure, buddy \u2013 now back in your cell.\u2019 \u2026Because they did mean it \u2013 otherwise it would have been a Deception check,\u201d they explained. They also argued that failing an Intimidation check should be more akin to failing to make a threat scare them, and should result in combat more often than not. However, players were split on whether that specific outcome should become the norm. \u201cI disagree that an empty threat should be Deception, tho. Obviously Intimidation and Deception overlap a little bit, but threatening someone into compliance relies in how scary you are\/look while deception relies on sweet talking\/fooling them,\u201d one fan explained. Others argued that the specific outcome shouldn\u2019t really be that immersion breaking. \u201cI mean, if you fail to intimidate someone and he thinks \u2018Aw you\u2019re cute trying to act tough,\u2019 just him dumping you back in a cell thinking you\u2019re an idiot is kind of a possibility.\u201d Considering Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 allows for so much freedom of choice on the player\u2019s part, it\u2019s no wonder that some can feel let down when specific outcomes don\u2019t go as expected. Still, that\u2019s all part of the game when the dice don\u2019t exactly fall your way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players debate Intimidation versus Deception checks and their uses Larian StudiosThe Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community has debated the merits of using Intimidation versus Deception after hearing one player\u2019s experience. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is an absolutely massive RPG that lets players navigate the world in a variety of ways. Most conversations with NPCs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}