Comments on: Skill Focus: Diplomacy

By: Players Need to Be More Creative — Dungeon's Master

Players Need to Be More Creative — Dungeon's Master — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:32:23 +0000

By: Ameron

Ameron — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:38:56 +0000

@xerosided
You’re right, a Diplomacy check is rolled against a predetermined DC. However, after most PCs make a Diplomacy check they immediately ask how their check was received. That’s when Insight is more applicable.

It always struck me as odd that Bluff was so closely tied to Insight but Diplomacy was not. Just because I’m being honest doesn’t mean I’m oblivious to how my presentation or argument was received. Just my additional 2 cents.

By: xerosided

xerosided — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:21:21 +0000

I think Diplomacy is rolled against a predetermined DC, not an opposing Insight check. A brief scan of the PHB (pp 183 & 185) seems to support this.

Great article! Your examples are clever; some of them (especially 8, 9, and 10) would never have occurred to me on my own.