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How is this relevant to the thread topic? Are you interested in talking about alternatives to map-and-key as a way for establishing...

Yes, of course. All of us who would use an SC are obviously such incompetent fools that we can't judge actions and appropriate...

Here are some examples; they frame the situation as one of overcoming an obstacle or resolving an obstacle: The 4e DMG (p 72) uses...

And you're assuming that a party who deploys some far less effective methods are ever in line for success! Honestly, there's an answer...

Thoughtfully considering everyone's comments. Regarding the arbitrariness of clocks: The table was introduced to their 1st countdown...

The above is very close to the standard Narrativist model for situational play but I want to emphasises a few things. One big...

Sure there is. The arbitrary threshold is whatever the GM decides. I’m also not sure how “clever approaches the GM hadn’t thought of...

The main difference I see is that with the skill challenge, the number of successes and failures are set and known ahead of time. The...

The scenario in B2 is not about identifying motivations or enjoying a plausible story. It's a dungeon to be beaten. I know, from...

The DMG says the following (pp 72, 74-6: More so than perhaps any other kind of encounter, a skill challenge is defined by its context...

By whom? I mean, I know very little about your play. I don't recall ever reading an actual play thread started by you. This thread...

This terrain system seems like it generates a "playing board" - with the players ("sides") already determined. Have you used it in a...

A possible alternative to map-and-key as described in the OP, and possibly somewhat resembling the way "best interests" are generated in...

You don't stop running the game because you are in a skill challenge. The individual actions/roll still change the situation state...

Yes, in a manner of speaking. A shorter path relies on the idea that there is some 'right answer' in a situation. It denies that the...