Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 5844208" data-attributes="member: 62721">There's a whole wealth of good advice out there for skill challenges.  Some of the best bits I've heard:Don't tell the PCs they're in a skill challenge - It really destroys the immersion of the game if you suddenly pause and tell the players they're now in a skill challenge, and these skills may be used, etc.  Far better to have it happen organically and behind the scenes.Allow PCs to bypass the skill challenge - Say the party is trying to pry information from a crowd of unruly dock workers.  If one of the PCs volunteers 100 gold pieces for the information (far more than a dock worker makes in a year), that ought to win them over right then and there.  It's hard to explain why the dock workers wouldn't cooperate simply because 'there haven't been enough successes'.Let PCs use abilities, powers, and items - Why restrict things to just skills?  I've seen clever uses for powers (particularly utility powers) in skill challenges.  For instance, in a game I played, we were trying to ferret out some changelings at a party.  My cleric had a utility power called 'Godsight', which granted him truesight.  That sort of ability would have a dramatic impact on that sort of skill challenge.</blockquote>