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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgon Zee" data-source="post: 9625373" data-attributes="member: 75787">Well, there are plenty of other task-focused games, but I'd also suggest that even in action-resolution games, there are typically mechanisms for converting actions -&gt; tasks.A good example is Skill Challenges. They form a mechanism for taking a desired task and allowing you to use actions to resolve it. Several people in this thread have suggested using a variation of skill challenges for the OPs set up, and all their suggestions seem workable and fun. My earlier suggestion (in FATE) of making the security system an aspect, with obstacles that need overcoming, is essentially the same thing. One nice feature of this sort of system is that the GM can define the sort of obstacles in pretty lose terms (even in a highly gamist system like 4E) and the players can come up with creative ways to apply skills to use to overcome them. I might define an obstacle as &quot;CCTV system&quot; and expect some form of hacking to be used to overcome it, but a player might suggest:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Preparedness + Flirting to have previously seduced a guard and extracted the security codes </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Photography to place a picture of the empty room in front of the camera</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mechanics to switch a feed to one from a similar room</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Illusion spell to disguise the room</li>
</ul>Always good to take some creative burden of the GM and encouyrage creativity in your players!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gorgon Zee, post: 9625373, member: 75787"] Well, there are plenty of other task-focused games, but I'd also suggest that even in action-resolution games, there are typically mechanisms for converting actions -> tasks. A good example is Skill Challenges. They form a mechanism for taking a desired task and allowing you to use actions to resolve it. Several people in this thread have suggested using a variation of skill challenges for the OPs set up, and all their suggestions seem workable and fun. My earlier suggestion (in FATE) of making the security system an aspect, with obstacles that need overcoming, is essentially the same thing. One nice feature of this sort of system is that the GM can define the sort of obstacles in pretty lose terms (even in a highly gamist system like 4E) and the players can come up with creative ways to apply skills to use to overcome them. I might define an obstacle as "CCTV system" and expect some form of hacking to be used to overcome it, but a player might suggest: [LIST] [*]Preparedness + Flirting to have previously seduced a guard and extracted the security codes [*]Photography to place a picture of the empty room in front of the camera [*]Mechanics to switch a feed to one from a similar room [*]Illusion spell to disguise the room [/LIST] Always good to take some creative burden of the GM and encouyrage creativity in your players! [/QUOTE]

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