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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5460858" data-attributes="member: 4892">It is a tool for the DM to support non-combat encounters through a series of skill uses, much like combat is an encounter through a series of attacks.Those who claim that 4E has no non-combat support always seem to ask why skill challenges are necessary. You want non-combat support but then deem it unnecessary?The skill challenge concept wasn't fully fleshed out when 4E bebuted, but many of us have used the framework to create some really interesting encounters where characters never swing or sword or sling a spell. Could you do that before 4e? Of course you could. But I find the skill challenge tool to be useful in codifying what can go wrong in a complex challenge and sets up a better way (IMO) to reward players for overcoming a non-combat challenge.Are all SC good? My god, no. Some of the published ones were terrible. But the tool is only as good as its master. And over time the skill challenges I create become more interesting to myself and my players. I think the framework would work for any game that has a skill system and is one part of 4E that is useful in an edition-neutral way.</blockquote>