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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4089794" data-attributes="member: 32536">LostSoul, because of your descriptions and posts in this thread, I have gone from "mildly interested in the new skill challenge system" to "absolutely in love with the new system". Also, I have started getting countless ideas about how to put this kind of system to good use. Thank you.Anyways, here are a few good examples I can think of for individual checks and situations:Example 1: Player making diplomacy check with a guard who is supposed to be capturing you (maybe because the guard has been ordered to do so by a corrupt king?), to convince him that you are really the good guy.Normal: The guard is a normal, dedicated guard, and a good man. Success means the guard is willing to let you escape, and you have one less guard chasing you. Failure means he continues to try to capture you, and more guards might come.Easy: The guard happens to be a corrupt guard, and you have evidence that can prove his misdeeds. Success means that you blackmail him into letting you escape. Failure means that he becomes desperate to kill you and seize the evidence you hold.Hard: The guard happens to be the guard captain, an honest man loyal to his king. Success means that he will let you escape, and the seeds of doubt in his king have been sown in his heart. Failure means he will continue to try to capture you.Example 2: Player making a stealth check while running with his allies from a mob of guards.Normal: You try to blend in with the crowd. Success means the guards begin to lose track of you. failure means they can still follow you.Easy: You ditch your comrades and duck into an alley. Success means you hide from the guards. Failure means they spot you and you are now isolated from the group.Hard: You jump out in front of the guards, shout "Try and catch me!", run away from the group, and then try to hide after luring some of the guards away. Success means you successfully hide, and many guards get lost in town chasing after your shadow. Failure means they continue chasing you and your team (maybe they just ignore you?).Example 3 (Theoretical Modern edition <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />): You are trying to find information on some ancient relic using some kind of research skill, with some kind of time limitation (opposing group also looking for the same information?).Normal: You look up some records at the local library. Success means you find reliable information, failure means you waste time fruitlessly.Easy: You do an internet search. Success means you find a website with good information. Failure means you find spam and bad information invented by a twelve-year old (and believe it!).Hard: You dig out the original manuscript of a text from a Library's special collections and re-translate it yourself. Success means you find good information. Failure means that you wasted your time.</blockquote>

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