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<blockquote data-quote="Skyscraper" data-source="post: 4519593" data-attributes="member: 48518">Nebulous: what you say here is exactly applicable to combat also. Why does the DM roll dice behind the screen and/or do the players roll dice modified by their stats on their sheet to determine the outcome of combat or a skill challenge? Why not simply roll-play it to conclusion?I see a skill challenge as something that forces the DM to become creative, in that the challenge will require successive actions to be accomplished, with a number working and a number, not. The DM needs to react to those actions proposed by the players (without knowing what actions will be propose, though some can be anticipated) by providing narration to explain how some actions work and some not. And i also see a skill challenge as something that forces the players to become creative, in that the challenge will require them to find many solutions to solve a single problem.Do you need a skill challenge for that? No. But then again, you don't need to roll any dice in D&amp;D. I like dice to intervene regularly into the role-play action. I have PCs roll all their dice, even perception and insight for example, so that they get the sense that their fate is in their own hands.Sky</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skyscraper, post: 4519593, member: 48518"] Nebulous: what you say here is exactly applicable to combat also. Why does the DM roll dice behind the screen and/or do the players roll dice modified by their stats on their sheet to determine the outcome of combat or a skill challenge? Why not simply roll-play it to conclusion? I see a skill challenge as something that forces the DM to become creative, in that the challenge will require successive actions to be accomplished, with a number working and a number, not. The DM needs to react to those actions proposed by the players (without knowing what actions will be propose, though some can be anticipated) by providing narration to explain how some actions work and some not. And i also see a skill challenge as something that forces the players to become creative, in that the challenge will require them to find [I]many[/I] solutions to solve a single problem. Do you [I]need [/I]a skill challenge for that? No. But then again, you don't [I]need[/I] to roll any dice in D&D. I like dice to intervene regularly into the role-play action. I have PCs roll all their dice, even perception and insight for example, so that they get the sense that their fate is in their own hands. Sky [/QUOTE]

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