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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chzbro" data-source="post: 5057526" data-attributes="member: 83964">Well, I'd like to keep the core of the skill challenge system as close to "as written" as possible, so switching to something like Stalker 0's fine system or having the system roll against you is something I'd like to avoid.And while I totally agree that the current system only encourages the top skill, I generally do not allow my players to do nothing. Or rather, choosing to do nothing is typically a bad idea. I try to do this by including a time constraint inherent to each challenge. If 5 characters need 12 successes before 3 failures in no more than 3 rounds, then at least 3 characters need to record a success each round...which I think makes things more interesting.Of course, the trick is figuring how to make that time constraint interesting and have it make sense in the context of the challenge. But that's a different discussion...I'd like to think that such time constraints also speak a bit to AbdulAlhazred's observation about aiding another. Such actions can throw the difficulty curve off dramatically. However, if you only have a limited number of attempts for successes and you trade one of them away to give someone else a +2, is that really a good trade off? I hope at least that it's a decision worth considering.What really worries me about my own changes is the Extra Effort clause. I don't want that to be a superior option to a regular Median roll in most circumstances...and I'm a little worried that it might be.</blockquote>

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