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<blockquote data-quote="Atras" data-source="post: 4911870" data-attributes="member: 84936"><p>I think a big part is the Skill Challenge itself, but, as is often the case with D&D, and Skill Challenges in particular, it is all about the DM.</p><p></p><p>I think that there is not much in way of tactics in a skill challenge, but more strategy. You have the long-term Skill Choices, and your party hopefully has most things covered. In the short term, a Skill Challenge needs to accommodate some options or it isn't really a good one. This is the age-old "Skill Challenges don't work as written in the DMG", and it is totally valid. If you are in a SC that is fluid, then your choices as a player would be able to shift the direction of the challenge, putting your party in a position to use skills that benefit them.</p><p></p><p>As a hypothetical example: You need to convince the King to move his guards from the East Gate to the West Gate. This SC would obviously need Diplomacy and other social skills, but it would make the most sense to start it well before the party even meets the king. If your party is heavy on Charisma classes who are gifted with a silver tongue, you could talk your way through the whole thing. I imagine this would be a SC from the DMG would look like. Instead, you generate your strategy on the fact that your party is much more physical-skill-oriented. Your "skill" as a player lies in knowing that you won't be able to talk your way past three levels of guards, and instead setting the party up for an alternate path. You could climb over a wall to get past the outside guards, battle the King's Guards and then Intimidate the King into obeying your military orders based on the state of the guards.</p><p></p><p>Basically, I think player skill in a Skill Challenge has to do with you knowing your party and the goals, and convincing the DM that what you want to do is valid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atras, post: 4911870, member: 84936"] I think a big part is the Skill Challenge itself, but, as is often the case with D&D, and Skill Challenges in particular, it is all about the DM. I think that there is not much in way of tactics in a skill challenge, but more strategy. You have the long-term Skill Choices, and your party hopefully has most things covered. In the short term, a Skill Challenge needs to accommodate some options or it isn't really a good one. This is the age-old "Skill Challenges don't work as written in the DMG", and it is totally valid. If you are in a SC that is fluid, then your choices as a player would be able to shift the direction of the challenge, putting your party in a position to use skills that benefit them. As a hypothetical example: You need to convince the King to move his guards from the East Gate to the West Gate. This SC would obviously need Diplomacy and other social skills, but it would make the most sense to start it well before the party even meets the king. If your party is heavy on Charisma classes who are gifted with a silver tongue, you could talk your way through the whole thing. I imagine this would be a SC from the DMG would look like. Instead, you generate your strategy on the fact that your party is much more physical-skill-oriented. Your "skill" as a player lies in knowing that you won't be able to talk your way past three levels of guards, and instead setting the party up for an alternate path. You could climb over a wall to get past the outside guards, battle the King's Guards and then Intimidate the King into obeying your military orders based on the state of the guards. Basically, I think player skill in a Skill Challenge has to do with you knowing your party and the goals, and convincing the DM that what you want to do is valid. [/QUOTE]
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