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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5461146" data-attributes="member: 386">I use Skill Challenges in the manner that shadzar proposes.&nbsp; I do it that way because I have no idea what's going to happen in the next game, so I don't know what to prepare for; I require a reaction roll or morale check to set the number of successes needed, and I don't roll dice away from the table (save for NPC-NPC stuff); and I'm lazy, so I don't really care to prep much.I actually do some prep for Skill Challenges - I figure out what the NPC wants, what kind of a person he or she is, basically figuring out the mindset of the NPC so I can play them appropriately.&nbsp; Usually this is just a few lines if I take the time to write it out:The current leader of this town is a two-fisted warrior woman named Shirley Peltier, a refugee from another time.&nbsp; She is a human javelin dancer (who uses Colt .45s).&nbsp; She deposed the old ruler because he was abusing his power; she isn't too keen on the laws, though the three &quot;lawmen&quot; (human guards) who follow Erathis are always very strict.

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Basically, Sir Keegan thought that they could close the Shadow Rift once and for all, tried, and failed.&nbsp; Worse than death.&nbsp; In his undead state he killed everyone.Sometimes I get what I need from the MM (Skull Lords are searching for ways to restore their necromancer masters from the Black Tower of Vumerion, which I plopped down in the Nentir Vale).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 5461146, member: 386"] I use Skill Challenges in the manner that shadzar proposes. I do it that way because I have no idea what's going to happen in the next game, so I don't know what to prepare for; I require a reaction roll or morale check to set the number of successes needed, and I don't roll dice away from the table (save for NPC-NPC stuff); and I'm lazy, so I don't really care to prep much. I actually do some prep for Skill Challenges - I figure out what the NPC wants, what kind of a person he or she is, basically figuring out the mindset of the NPC so I can play them appropriately. Usually this is just a few lines if I take the time to write it out: [indent]The current leader of this town is a two-fisted warrior woman named Shirley Peltier, a refugee from another time. She is a human javelin dancer (who uses Colt .45s). She deposed the old ruler because he was abusing his power; she isn't too keen on the laws, though the three "lawmen" (human guards) who follow Erathis are always very strict. * Basically, Sir Keegan thought that they could close the Shadow Rift once and for all, tried, and failed. Worse than death. In his undead state he killed everyone.[/indent] Sometimes I get what I need from the MM (Skull Lords are searching for ways to restore their necromancer masters from the Black Tower of Vumerion, which I plopped down in the Nentir Vale). [/QUOTE]

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