Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Suzaku455 07-02-06, 12:55 AM	distraction so I can hide? What kind of example should I use because I doubt saying "What the heck is that?" as I'm pointing behind the person would work.
Shaggy_Shaggs 07-02-06, 01:03 AM	If you can't think of anything, you don't. Social skill checks sort of exist to aid players that aren't as heroically witty as the characters they portray. For any who want to argue that it must be roleplayed out and if the player doesn't, he gets penalized: if you've ever played a meleer that lived, and haven't slain a tiger or similarly ferocious beast with an archaic melee weapon in the real world, you've got nothing to say here.
Archangel_James 07-02-06, 02:12 AM	Sure, you don't have to role-play it, but if you choose to, this is your chance to make it a humourous moment. If you make your save, you can say whatever you want and get away with it. Try slipping in an insult to your foe's mother, or perhaps an anachronism, maybe a call-back to classic D&D humour. "Hey, look over there! It's your mother, and she seems to be in the process of shooting a rather risqué film over by yonder gazeebo!"
Wellby 07-02-06, 02:32 AM	If you study motion you know that for a lot of actions there's almost an opposite action that comes before it. (Called anticipation) :) Say before a person jumps, they have to bend their knees and go down so they'll have some leaping power! Or before you throw a punch, you have to move your fist backward and then forward. So, I guess you could say your character begins to jump one way, but in a blink of an eye spins on a heel and dashes the other. He uses his body movement to lead his opponents' eye one way, and then speeds off in the opposite direction. Yeah it's a bit abstract, but well - as you pointed out is kind of a hard scenario to explain in a role-playing sense. Although, if your character is the type to go wide-eyed and point behind his opponents shouting. "BEHIND YOU!" Well, then I think it's perfectly ok to play that card! :)
kelvinaw273 07-02-06, 07:14 AM	distraction so I can hide? What kind of example should I use because I doubt saying "What the heck is that?" as I'm pointing behind the person would work. "Look! There goes somebody's very attractive female cousin!" Otherwise it is actually rather difficult to distract hostile individuals you are facing, just as it is hard to hide from people looking hard at you. Perhaps investing in some blinding powder or similar would be more helpfull?
Snicker 07-02-06, 10:01 AM	Anything that would reasonably distract someone. It's just for a split second - if it would cause you to look over your shoulder, it's a successful bluff to hide. That said, if you're feeling uncreative, subtlety is the bread and butter of bluffery. Simply glancing over their shoulder, with the right body language, could get them to look.
Secrets Untold 07-02-06, 10:04 AM	Do note that if you are roleplaying out a dice roll, a 20 might be a perfectly executed lie that confuzes the target, but a 1 might be something like "Bunglesquortz!" which causes them to look at you instead of behind them.
ThorGuy 07-03-06, 05:59 PM	Personally, I think you should wait until the dice roll to roleplay it. If you get a twenty, have some fun. It's not what you say, but how you say it. *DM rolls a 20* "Oh look! A distraction!" *Enemy frantically looks over his shoulder*