Hmm. No D&D stories, sadly. However...
There was this one time that I tried a diplomacy check on a guy who, unbeknownst to me, had recently lost his dad.
I crit failed the roll, and he attacked with an unarmed strike. As I was caught flat-footed while wearing unenchanted cloth armor, and with a poor Dexterity stat to boot, he easilly succeeded his attack roll, and dealt 1d3 non-leathal damage. He rolled a 3, and as I was a low level scholar with only 3 HP, and I became staggared. Realizing I was screwed if he decided to attack again, I used an intimidate check. I succeeded, and he backed down.
There was this one time that I tried a diplomacy check on a guy who, unbeknownst to me, had recently lost his dad.
I crit failed the roll, and he attacked with an unarmed strike. As I was caught flat-footed while wearing unenchanted cloth armor, and with a poor Dexterity stat to boot, he easilly succeeded his attack roll, and dealt 1d3 non-leathal damage. He rolled a 3, and as I was a low level scholar with only 3 HP, and I became staggared. Realizing I was screwed if he decided to attack again, I used an intimidate check. I succeeded, and he backed down.