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My play typically consists of a world map. NPCs and factions are often linked to specific locations on the map. However, their location...

Okay. I thought the +2 would have given it away, but fair enough. Mattering more meaning the fictional action in the specific...

Thank you. Up until very recently in this thread I had thought that framing scenes based on hidden backstory was part of map and key...

Im clearly talking the mechanical impacts. Did I misunderstand you earlier when you said it would mechanically grant a +2? Or was that...

We have used variations for the social pillar and for some puzzles where we focus on Investigation and Knowledge etc and it works well...

The pedantry is acting like the former doesn’t imply the later ‘A lot of thinking and discussion about the play of RPGs seems to default...

Actually never mind. I don’t feel like dealing with the obvious pedantry today.

For what it’s worth, the specific implementation here seems far superior to how I understand 4e skill challenges. Here’s a question...

the more broadly you want to define skill challenge the more case based the criticisms of it are going to be. 4e skill challenges were...

I think social skill challenges in certain social situations can make sense. Primarily ones where the NPC motivations and reasoning...

I'm not an expert on Skill Challenges and we generally run things our way. I use the framework provided in 4e to run my Skill...

I’m not sure what you mean here. My understanding is that the 4e skill challenges rules do not allow this. I would be more open to a...

But that is not what the rules actually do. Rules do not care about obstacles, they care about the number of successful checks. Thus if...

Maybe if you directly addressed the criticism, because I don’t follow the significance of whatever point you are trying to make here...

I’ve gotten that vibe before about my play as well, but it’s usually quickly dismissed Why though? If the premise is this band of...