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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 4299383" data-attributes="member: 704">Ok, I just read the article.On the one hand, I understand the reasoning that Skill Challenges are meant to be at least as hard as combat.  I can also buy into the reasoning that the DC's assume the players have Utility powers and feats selected specifically to help with skill challenges.On the other hand, I find it to be a very worrying thing that someone who worked on the 4th edition of the game feels the need to add house rules to his game aimed at making such challenges easier to accomplish.Now, at the core of it, I like the system.  And unlike a other things that may have been broken, the easiest fix is one that does not cause problems for the rest of the game.  It is neither hard nor especially intrusive to use lower skill DC's in a skill challenge.In any case, the suggestion that the skill challenges should be difficult enough for the players to make them dedicate feat and power selections towards making them easier is perfectly valid and one that must be considered in any criticism of the system.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>