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<blockquote data-quote="Amaroq" data-source="post: 5093685" data-attributes="member: 15470">Yeah, I'm not sure what the &quot;skill challenge&quot; is, here.A skill challenge works well for overcoming an obstacle - Nature to make it through the dangerous forest without getting lost or running into a bad random encounter; Thievery and Stealth for breaking into an occupied mansion and stealing the crucial documents before alerting the guards.What you're working on sounds like a &quot;racism vs Diplomacy&quot; challenge, a lot more like what happened to my character in a recent adventure.My character was one of the few humans every acknowledged into a dwarven clan for his actions and heroism, but an unfortunate turn of events saw him fall from &quot;notable hero&quot; to &quot;legendary villain&quot; in the eyes of the dwarves - but he still thinks of himself as possessing a dwarven honor.So.He winds up teleported into a dwarven village, and of course the captain of the guard demands to know who he is and why he is there.With perfect dwarven etiquette, he proudly declares his name, clan, and honors, and greets the captain with a low bow.The captain's face goes white: a legendary villain, in his town?!?Our DM asks for a Diplomacy check to see how well I'd mastered dwarven etiquette; I netted a 33, which was a spectacular success for our level.The DM wound up playing the captain as &nbsp;- bound by his dwarven honor to apprehend me for my villainous crimes, but&nbsp;- sensing the honor in my character,&nbsp;- not wanting to kill me, and even&nbsp;- believing my story of the tragic events that I've been blamed for.Definitely not a skill challenge - unless you considered it as being phrased &quot;1 success before 1 failure!&quot; Key to the issues are:&nbsp;1. The DM knew that dwarf's character.&nbsp;2. He allowed my roll to influence how the character perceived me,&nbsp;3. .. but not who the character was.&nbsp;4. And then played him as &quot;conflicted&quot; about me for the rest of the adventure.Over time, as I work to clear my name, I hope this NPC will develop into an ally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amaroq, post: 5093685, member: 15470"] Yeah, I'm not sure what the "skill challenge" is, here. A skill challenge works well for overcoming an obstacle - Nature to make it through the dangerous forest without getting lost or running into a bad random encounter; Thievery and Stealth for breaking into an occupied mansion and stealing the crucial documents before alerting the guards. What you're working on sounds like a "racism vs Diplomacy" challenge, a lot more like what happened to my character in a recent adventure. My character was one of the few humans every acknowledged into a dwarven clan for his actions and heroism, but an unfortunate turn of events saw him fall from "notable hero" to "legendary villain" in the eyes of the dwarves - but he still thinks of himself as possessing a dwarven honor. So. He winds up teleported into a dwarven village, and of course the captain of the guard demands to know who he is and why he is there. With perfect dwarven etiquette, he proudly declares his name, clan, and honors, and greets the captain with a low bow. The captain's face goes white: a legendary villain, [b]in his town[/b]?!? Our DM asks for a Diplomacy check to see how well I'd mastered dwarven etiquette; I netted a 33, which was a spectacular success for our level. The DM wound up playing the captain as - bound by his dwarven honor to apprehend me for my villainous crimes, but - sensing the honor in my character, - not wanting to kill me, and even - believing my story of the tragic events that I've been blamed for. Definitely not a skill challenge - unless you considered it as being phrased "1 success before 1 failure!" Key to the issues are: 1. The DM knew that dwarf's character. 2. He allowed my roll to influence [I]how the character perceived me[/i], 3. .. but not [I]who the character was[/I]. 4. And then played him as "conflicted" about me for the rest of the adventure. Over time, as I work to clear my name, I hope this NPC will develop into an ally. [/QUOTE]

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