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.