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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5336911" data-attributes="member: 996">Depending on how the DM runs with it, this low-level utility could replace a Skill Challenge at any level.&nbsp; Trying to convince a more powerful creature to let you pass, for instance, might be a low-level challenge.&nbsp; Getting help/cooperation from a local leader is a sample Skill Challenge in the DMG.&nbsp; One character's action, one roll of a die, and *poof* such skill Challenges are gone.&nbsp;&nbsp; (And, frankly, probably failed - I suppose the optimal thing to do would be to keep the spell in your back pocket for when you /failed/ a Skill Challenge like that, then just pop it out and be your own deus ex machina.)I didn't know that Essentials was moving away from the design goals behind Skill Challenges - keeping all PCs involved in non-combat activities, and keeping a single check from derailing the plot, were two reasons that I've heard - what's the impetus for new stuff like this, I wonder?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5336911, member: 996"] Depending on how the DM runs with it, this low-level utility could replace a Skill Challenge at any level. Trying to convince a more powerful creature to let you pass, for instance, might be a low-level challenge. Getting help/cooperation from a local leader is a sample Skill Challenge in the DMG. One character's action, one roll of a die, and *poof* such skill Challenges are gone. (And, frankly, probably failed - I suppose the optimal thing to do would be to keep the spell in your back pocket for when you /failed/ a Skill Challenge like that, then just pop it out and be your own deus ex machina.) I didn't know that Essentials was moving away from the design goals behind Skill Challenges - keeping all PCs involved in non-combat activities, and keeping a single check from derailing the plot, were two reasons that I've heard - what's the impetus for new stuff like this, I wonder? [/QUOTE]

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