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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 4205276" data-attributes="member: 16760">Why are you assuming this is the only skill challenge on the table?&nbsp; The GM could easily have several for different scenarios:1)&nbsp; The PC's might try to ask the Duke for help.&nbsp; Whip up Skill Challenge A for that.&nbsp; I already know they're in a position of weakness with respect to the Duke, so Intimidation is Right Out - they need to win his trust.&nbsp; (A novice DM, or an experienced one in a rush, might just grab the Negotiation template straight out of the DMG rather than making one up in detail.&nbsp; That one is generic, and so makes certain assumptions about the Duke that a DM might well want to change in his own game.)2)&nbsp; They might try to find the bad guy's secret entrance on their own and sneak their way in, reasoning that having lots of troops with them would only draw attention.&nbsp; I'll use Skill Challenge B for that.3)&nbsp; They might try to disguise themselves as soldiers of the bad guy.&nbsp; Here's Skill Challenge C for that...And so on.&nbsp; I think peoiple are reading way too much into this one simple example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 4205276, member: 16760"] Why are you assuming this is the only skill challenge on the table? The GM could easily have several for different scenarios: 1) The PC's might try to ask the Duke for help. Whip up Skill Challenge A for that. I already know they're in a position of weakness with respect to the Duke, so Intimidation is Right Out - they need to win his trust. (A novice DM, or an experienced one in a rush, might just grab the Negotiation template straight out of the DMG rather than making one up in detail. That one is generic, and so makes certain assumptions about the Duke that a DM might well want to change in his own game.) 2) They might try to find the bad guy's secret entrance on their own and sneak their way in, reasoning that having lots of troops with them would only draw attention. I'll use Skill Challenge B for that. 3) They might try to disguise themselves as soldiers of the bad guy. Here's Skill Challenge C for that... And so on. I think peoiple are reading way too much into this one simple example. [/QUOTE]

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