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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6469635" data-attributes="member: 82779"><p>I greatly like skill challenges, and I have devised several of my own. You can find them over at the WotC forums. . .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://community.wizards.com/content/forum-topic/2647831" target="_blank">http://community.wizards.com/content/forum-topic/2647831</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since I consider myself to be good at skill challenges, I'd like to tackle some of the things you mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Roleplaying definitely can affect the outcome of a skill challenge. This occurs in a couple of ways. First, the DM can award a bonus to a skill check for roleplaying it well; I often did this when implementing skill challenges. Secondly, not all of the successes in a skill challenge must come from skill checks. Offering a bribe, agreeing to perform a task for someone, and other things of that nature can easily be allowed by the DM to accrue successes.</p><p></p><p>If success is necessary, then it's necessary regardless of whether you're exclusively deciding success or failure based on roleplaying, the dice, or a mix of the two. Success being necessary paints the group into a corner where the PCs must succeed or else the adventure stops. That's just poor design regardless of how you handle the resolution of the encounter where success is necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 6469635, member: 82779"] I greatly like skill challenges, and I have devised several of my own. You can find them over at the WotC forums. . . [url]http://community.wizards.com/content/forum-topic/2647831[/url] Since I consider myself to be good at skill challenges, I'd like to tackle some of the things you mentioned. Roleplaying definitely can affect the outcome of a skill challenge. This occurs in a couple of ways. First, the DM can award a bonus to a skill check for roleplaying it well; I often did this when implementing skill challenges. Secondly, not all of the successes in a skill challenge must come from skill checks. Offering a bribe, agreeing to perform a task for someone, and other things of that nature can easily be allowed by the DM to accrue successes. If success is necessary, then it's necessary regardless of whether you're exclusively deciding success or failure based on roleplaying, the dice, or a mix of the two. Success being necessary paints the group into a corner where the PCs must succeed or else the adventure stops. That's just poor design regardless of how you handle the resolution of the encounter where success is necessary. [/QUOTE]
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