The Smile

The Smile

Tier	Adept
Source	Intimidation (level 6 choice)
Trigger	Intimidation check
Declarable	Yes

The Smile is a Adept Intimidation feat.

"You stop shouting. You stop threatening. You just smile. And somehow that's worse. You already know the answer and are giving them one chance to say it themselves. They always talk. The smile always works."

Activation

You are interrogating a creature that is already under a FEAR effect and ask the creature a direct question.

Effect

Against an already-frightened creature, a successful Intimidation check presses the advantage: the fear holds (re-applies Frightened), and a target who fails to master it answers your question truthfully, within the bounds of what it knows (it will not betray its core nature or its most guarded secret). The creature remembers being coerced and may turn hostile afterward.