To be fair, the Barbarian dialogues are usually marked Intimidation. I used the skill versatility Half-Elf mod and made sure I chose all the skills I wanted for my own version of Barbarian...which included Persuasion as my main charisma based skill.
I generally pick persuasion, although I have chosen Intimidation, where it thematically fit, and its yielded pretty good results.
This has worked well for me:
Class: Athletics + Perception
Background: Urchin...Stealth + Slight of Hand (for lock-picking & traps)
Racial: Persuasion + Insight (for general observation)
Totem Barb: Animal Handling
So basically, to avoid the trap don't choose intimidation.
Last edited by Van'tal; 10/03/22 02:01 AM.