Ah, the door of Skye-R’ym!
Ah, that makes sense. It sounded like you were saying that 5e was the first to use Charisma for Intimidation, but bards being more intimidating than barbarians is a long standing (if questionable) DnD tradition.
least favourite changes the made
Changes? 3e, 4e, and 5e all used it like that
It’s canon for elves, not so much for everybody else (unless you mean the spell). Though that sounds like some Mercy Killer thinking right there
If you’re serious: The Wushu system gives you one die per description element, so you literally get better the more dynamically you describe the scene!