I'm wondering how the folks on the list would do a certain effect?
The effect is the classic interrogation technique of talking to the subject for a while in one language then slipping in a question in the prisoners native tongue causing him to answer reflexively without thinking.
I want to pull this stunt on my players, their characters (scifi) game have infiltrated an alien world and know just enough of the native language to get by. The bad guys have been alerted that they might be there so if they get captured, the interogator will speak in English at some point in the interrogation. (Since none of us can speak an imaginary alien language, I can't just roleplay it.)
I'm thinking about either rolling an INT roll for the characters myself, then informing those that make it that they realize the question was in English, BEFORE they answer.
Or haveing them make the roll and continueing as above.
Does this sound fair to the players and characters? If not, what's a better way?