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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Talysian" data-source="post: 5086999" data-attributes="member: 66895">I was hoping for some polish help. The following is a skill challenge I plan on using in the first adventure of my game.Does this sound like an interesting encounter for a level 1 group? Halfling Down. Complex Skill Challenge 12 before 3Situation a Halfling has collapsed in the players area and they are tying to find out what is wrong and heal him.Phase 1 Determining the ProblemHeal DC 15 (can be used 2 times)Perception DC 17 Nature DC 10 Nature DC 15 The first heal check is a damage assessment, it allows the players to realize that the arrow has punctured the halfling’s lung. The first Perception check allows the players to notice a funny looking substance on the arrow. The first Nature DC is to allow the players to identify that goblins (in my setting) often use poisons to coat their arrows. The harder secondary nature check allows them to identify the poison. The second heal check allows them to know of a antidote.Next Section Obtaining the Antidote.Streetwise 16 or NatureHeal 12Athletics, Endurance, Streetwise, Nature 15Socials (Variable) or Perception/nature 15Athletics, Endurance, Streetwise, Nature 15The first streetwise check lets them know that an old wise woman in town is likely to have the antidote. The heal check lets them know the poison is fast spreading and they don’t have much time. If they fail the Streetwise the Nature check also allows them to know the antidote grows in place x near them. The athletics/endurance/Streetwise/Nature all are used to navigate to whatever the appropriate site is. The old woman’s place or where the plant grows. Then it would fall into socials and or perception Nature. Followed by another check to get back, Obviously while this is going on for each minute they take, the healer must be making a dc 10 heal check to keep the Halfling stable.Final phase the operation.Nature –how the herb is prepared. (may be assisted)Heal to apply (assisted)Heal to remove the arrow (assisted)Obviously players will want to use skills other then these. I allow that if they have a logical thought process. I will either let it be a success or add a bonus, or remove a failure. Also every player will have action points. I allow these to either reroll a check, or if it was only missed by 1-2 points, pass it. At the point this happens some players may have 2 ap’s. I allow players to spend more than 1 ap an encounter but limit it to 1 per turn. Critical Success either adds 2 successes or negates a failure. If they get more then 3 failures but less then six. They heal the halfling, however he is still poisoned and they get reduced xp. More then that and they fail and it goes into a CSI type skill challenge to figure out what happened.</blockquote>

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