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There is a point at which the success of the venture has not yet been determined. There is a point at which a further success or...

Don't remember that bit of the bible!

Does this apply to combat? I know that my first attack against the monster is very unlikely to be fatal. Quite likely it would be...

You keep conflating the resolution of the skill rolls with the resolution of the overall conflict. The choice is between 'the GM decides...

Wow, that’s really odd. I mentioned constraints being useful for creativity. The players decided to climb a wall rather than take...

Well, again, if it's a single roll, then don't use a skill challenge. The point of a skill challenge is to incorporate all these back...

I would, but a first-up failure of a stealth check can't then be 'the alarm is raised'. It has to be something like 'the guards heard...

If a failure on the very first roll means a failure on the whole thing, then it shouldn't have been an SC in the first place. The point...

An analogy might be combat. We can use the basic to-hit rules to throw a solitary punch at someone, or fire an arrow at a target. In...

Pacing and transparency of stakes.

If you're saying that this is a completely subjective taste thing on your part, then fine. But you seem to be making a broader point...

'Determinate structure', look at Mr Fancy Pants over here ;) I like that term, I imagine I will use it.

It adds a determinate structure. I don't know, as a player, that the GM is going to be satisfied with 3 checks, or if he might decide to...

So you're approaching non-SC skill checks the same way as you approach SC skill checks then? What it adds in principle is a...

See, I don't understand this supposed 'flattening'. Lets say the SC you are suggesting is one that we ran for some characters. I would...