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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PeelSeel2" data-source="post: 4593703" data-attributes="member: 35016">I do not 'get' how skill challenges work, so I am trying them how I interpret them to work.Our last session, they had a random encounter.  Instead of everyone making perception rolls to get 1 result (you notice them), I had them all make perception rolls to see how well they noticed them.  Depending on how many of them made the DC determined how badly surprised or not surprised they where.  8 characters all made the DC of 15, so I said they had the enemy at a total disadvantage at the beginning of the encounter.  The enemy had stopped to take a break on their march.  The characters decided on a plan, and positioned themselves for an ambush and sent two characters in to negotiate.  They talked with them effectively and continued on with info and no combat.  Worked out good.</blockquote>