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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6264490" data-attributes="member: 20323">What sort of dynamics do you want to add?You could do worse than checking out <a href="http://www.critical-hits.com/features/skill-challenges/" target="_blank">Critical Hits</a> page devoted to skill challenges. Also, check out DMG2's skill challenge chapter.My other suggestion would be to get at least a bit familiar with other game systems.When you compare 4e Skill Challenges to a system like Spycraft, what you'll see is that:(a) Spycraft organizes challenges into very specific rule sub-sets(b) Spycraft presents A LOT more interesting choices for each rules sub-setWhen you compare 4e Skill Challenges to a system like Gumshoe, you'll see that:(a) Gumshoe is built around a specific challenge type - the mystery investigation(b) Gumshoe argues that the fun in solving a mystery is not rolling dice but in the players making deductionsWhen you compare 4e Skill Challenges to a system like Dungeon World, you'll see that:(a) Dungeon World has a robust improvisation rules set(b) Dungeon World makes failure interestingA lot can be done with 4e Skill Challenges....but you've got to crack the system first and realize that the RAW rules are only a bare minimum starting point.</blockquote>