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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5463654" data-attributes="member: 23094">Why would you say that?In the specific case, let's say that planting the evidence successfully will count as one of the successes needed to successfully smear the Mayor.Given that the players have, previously, infiltrated the Mayor's mansion, let the &quot;Thievery Check to plant the evidence&quot; roll be done at one-step easier difficulty (e.g., it's an easy task instead of a moderate one) - voila!Alternatively, maybe the mayor's heard rumors about his swiss-cheese home security (and maybe he's been burglarized a few times by rogues and ne'erdowells who heard of the PCs' initial successes) and, in the interim, has stepped up his protections.&nbsp; Now, instead of a moderate challenge, it's a hard one - or, it's a sub-skill challeng in its own regard for the overall meta-skill challenge.E.g., consider a skill challenge made up of skill challenges: the smear campaign involves convincing at least 4 power groups (out of 6 identified) in the city that the Mayor is dirty and needs to be removed.&nbsp; Convincing each group could be its own skill challenge - and successfully infiltrating the mayor's house and planting evidence might count as a success for one or more of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 5463654, member: 23094"] Why would you say that? In the specific case, let's say that planting the evidence successfully will count as one of the successes needed to successfully smear the Mayor. Given that the players have, previously, infiltrated the Mayor's mansion, let the "Thievery Check to plant the evidence" roll be done at one-step easier difficulty (e.g., it's an easy task instead of a moderate one) - voila! Alternatively, maybe the mayor's heard rumors about his swiss-cheese home security (and maybe he's been burglarized a few times by rogues and ne'erdowells who heard of the PCs' initial successes) and, in the interim, has stepped up his protections. Now, instead of a moderate challenge, it's a hard one - or, it's a sub-skill challeng in its own regard for the overall meta-skill challenge. E.g., consider a skill challenge made up of skill challenges: the smear campaign involves convincing at least 4 power groups (out of 6 identified) in the city that the Mayor is dirty and needs to be removed. Convincing each group could be its own skill challenge - and successfully infiltrating the mayor's house and planting evidence might count as a success for one or more of them. [/QUOTE]

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