Halfling Intimidate

[Orbital-Dragon]

I just read in another thread (that i cant post in) that halflings are at a perminate disadvantage at intimidating. So should i even bother putting points into this, is there something more useful for my class/race combination?

[Sirea]

Halflings aren't ideal for Intimidating due to the -4 size penalty they get to Intim, I'm not sure if this includes monster size categories or not, but if it doesn't then they'd take an even bigger hit when trying to intim certain mobs.

Other good skills to have include Jump and Balance, Tumble is OK. Keep in mind Balance and Tumble are not inherent Barbarian class feats, so you'll only be able to take a half rank in them at a time. UMD can be useful to some barb builds but requires some planning and usually also requires some multiclassing and serious gear grinding.

[Samadhi]

You can intimidate trash mobs perfectly fine with a halfling's intimidate. It is only when you start trying to do it on elite raids and the like that it becomes an issue.

[BoBoDaClown]

I just read in another thread (that i cant post in) that halflings are at a perminate disadvantage at intimidating. So should i even bother putting points into this, is there something more useful for my class/race combination?

I play a Halfling tank (level 17 currently). I haven't had any trouble intiming so far, but I imagine certain bosses might be impossible on elite.

Still I mitigated the fact that I took a -4 to intim, by taking SF: intim, and bull headed, as well as stalwart defender, the enhancements, and a half decent starting charisma, and a +15 items (are they still the best?).

So as long as you are happy with certain bosses, on elite, being out of reach, I say go for it.

If you aren't planning on being a main tank, but just want something to pick up agro now and then, then any half decent score will do.

[Noctus]

Still I mitigated the fact that I took a -4 to intim, by taking SF: intim, and bull headed, as well as stalwart defender, the enhancements, and a half decent starting charisma, and a +15 items (are they still the best?).

Well, except every other Intimi-Tank can (and will) do that, too. Which still leaves Halflings behind 4 points to all the other races.

If you only want to intimidate the occasional trashmob, ... it will work, just not as good as with other races. If you´d want to hold the aggro of bosses - there every point counts.