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Not to mention that I haven't, thus far, seen any reference to spells like 'purify water' 'sanctuary' or 'bless water' I hope they are there... and do not require the cleric to make an attack roll first.

I hope that you are right and that it is easier. I have another fear: You are wrong because you have only played the 'lite' version and that by seventh level in the real edition and or seven splat books later it's actually more convoluted than 3x BTW, No, genuflect is the word I wanted. I...

Rum, I hadn't even thought about that... Can I second this?

...Example trucated I think this is a better example of a skill challenge trap. However, I still have a problem with the abstracting of what should be very specific solutions: The trap has a single trigger and a single solution (the switch). If the PCs use their skills creatively to find...

Except that not every effect is off, at the end of a turn necessarilty (e.g. if a save is failed.) So we have three or four floating effects and buffs that modify certain attack rolls and genuflect to saves. I'm not making a point to say that this is terrible, but I don't understand the...

Perhaps I'll just ask the players to roll a d20 at the start, or roll and add their intelligence mod. I might even say 'roll percentile' just to knock the dust off the d10s. Something that changes it up a bit. For my tastes, 'roll initiative' makes the challenge appear too linear, less...

There is no sin in making your game more fun for your players . However, IMO this use of the skill challenge isn't what the designers had in mind. Their goal was not to replace existing methods of combating monsters or traps but rather to build a framework for narratives for the more abstract...

Forced to use the grid: While it makes sense from a marketing standpoint, I’ve never been in favor of it. Some are saying 4e can be done that way – I worry my players will feel slighted that some of their move/shift/slide powers won’t be as effective off the grid. However, that’s true for the...

I guess the phrase "roll up a character" will be in the dustbin on top of "roll percentile"

It seems odd to me for that be a rule on every skill roll.

Is that the way it is in the escape scenario by WoTC? I could potentially see the players ‘raising the stakes’ with an individual skill, but not setting the DC (e.g. <i>Not only am I going to organize a fire-brigade, I’m going to do it double-time</i> Picking the DC is the DMs domain.

That is a genuinely fantastic Skill Challenge. I’m going to steal it. I think the use of initiative is very clever for groups that tend to get bored outside combat, however it didn’t seem necessary for the scenario – or am I missing something? I think I’m going to go around the table and ask...

The OP scenarios (as well as any other HB challenges I’ve read so far) all seem to involve some combination of traps and combat. One thing many people are overlooking is that the combat system, perception and thievery skills all work very well, as is, to resolve trap and combat scenarios. It...