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<blockquote data-quote="Keenath" data-source="post: 4551720" data-attributes="member: 59792">This may be more appropriate to the &quot;most heroic deed&quot; contest than the &quot;chili cook-off&quot;, but you could have the PCs roll to see if they can come up with insightful questions, skill challenge style.The NPC steps up on stage.&nbsp; &quot;I slew a dragon!&quot; he proclaims.&nbsp; &quot;I did it myself, with no help from any other man, and brought back its head as proof!&quot;Player 1: &quot;I have a good Diplomacy, and I can get a +5 from my Whispers of the Fey power.&nbsp; I press for more details.&quot;(On a good roll, he'll come up with something insightful and relevant.&nbsp; On a bad roll, he asks what color it was.)Player 2:&nbsp; &quot;Okay, I want to use my Bluff skill.&nbsp; I'm going to try to make a trick question to see if he really knows anything about dragons or if he's lying.&quot;(On a good roll, he asks how the hero survived the blue dragon's fiery breath.&nbsp; On a bad roll, he asks if the hero found anything awesome in its horde.)And so on, using History or Arcana or whatever other skills the PCs can come up with.I'm sort of imagining a quasi-American Idol thing where the judges can ask questions and make comments, and sometimes they come off as goofballs where you have to just say, &quot;Man, why is THIS guy a judge?&quot;The consequences of failure are important here.&nbsp; What happens if the PCs do badly and fail?&nbsp; They'll end up making a bad choice, but so what?&nbsp; Does that then have repercussions?&nbsp; Does the crowd turn against the heroes?&nbsp; Do the townsfolk just decide that the contest is rigged or worthless?&nbsp; Does the outcome affect another NPC?&nbsp; What reason do the heroes have not to just point at the first guy they see and say, &quot;Okay, first place over here.&nbsp; Done!&quot; ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keenath, post: 4551720, member: 59792"] This may be more appropriate to the "most heroic deed" contest than the "chili cook-off", but you could have the PCs roll to see if they can come up with insightful questions, skill challenge style. The NPC steps up on stage. "I slew a dragon!" he proclaims. "I did it myself, with no help from any other man, and brought back its head as proof!" Player 1: "I have a good Diplomacy, and I can get a +5 from my Whispers of the Fey power. I press for more details." (On a good roll, he'll come up with something insightful and relevant. On a bad roll, he asks what color it was.) Player 2: "Okay, I want to use my Bluff skill. I'm going to try to make a trick question to see if he really knows anything about dragons or if he's lying." (On a good roll, he asks how the hero survived the blue dragon's fiery breath. On a bad roll, he asks if the hero found anything awesome in its horde.) And so on, using History or Arcana or whatever other skills the PCs can come up with. I'm sort of imagining a quasi-American Idol thing where the judges can ask questions and make comments, and sometimes they come off as goofballs where you have to just say, "Man, why is THIS guy a judge?" The consequences of failure are important here. What happens if the PCs do badly and fail? They'll end up making a bad choice, but so what? Does that then have repercussions? Does the crowd turn against the heroes? Do the townsfolk just decide that the contest is rigged or worthless? Does the outcome affect another NPC? What reason do the heroes have [I]not[/I] to just point at the first guy they see and say, "Okay, first place over here. Done!" ? [/QUOTE]

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