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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5009818" data-attributes="member: 54846">So, I have a very specific skill challenge in mind, but I don't know how to make it just a big mess of Endurance/Athletics checks.Here's the skinny: The PCs have a place to get to, in some sense of urgency. They are walking along a road. A woman, crying, runs up and asks them to help her. She's lost her baby - she heard her baby crying in that direction. Please, help her find her child. Down a path, the PCs come to a big pile of rocks, and hear crying coming from under the rocks.The PCs lift the rocks - and the rocks get heavier as they remove more. Finally they discover the bones of the woman and baby. The ghost gives the PCs a boon, and disappears. The problem: this is a fairly simplistic thing, lifting rocks. Even if the DCs increase as the encounter continues. And, because I want to keep the fact there's something Supernatural afoot, that cuts out religion/arcana. So how do I build this skill challenge to not be utterly boring for anyone not trained in Athletics/Endurance? And prompt those without those skills to use the other ones? How do I conceal the &quot;reveal&quot; to the others?What I've got:Barbarian: AthleticsFighter: AthleticsPaladin (who has a weak endurance due to plate armor/heavy shield)InvokerShamanAssassin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 5009818, member: 54846"] So, I have a very specific skill challenge in mind, but I don't know how to make it just a big mess of Endurance/Athletics checks. Here's the skinny: The PCs have a place to get to, in some sense of urgency. They are walking along a road. A woman, crying, runs up and asks them to help her. She's lost her baby - she heard her baby crying in that direction. Please, help her find her child. Down a path, the PCs come to a big pile of rocks, and hear crying coming from [i]under[/i] the rocks. The PCs lift the rocks - and the rocks get heavier as they remove more. Finally they discover the bones of the woman and baby. The ghost gives the PCs a boon, and disappears. The problem: this is a fairly simplistic thing, lifting rocks. Even if the DCs increase as the encounter continues. And, because I want to keep the fact there's something Supernatural afoot, that cuts out religion/arcana. So how do I build this skill challenge to not be utterly boring for anyone not trained in Athletics/Endurance? And prompt those without those skills to use the other ones? How do I conceal the "reveal" to the others? What I've got: Barbarian: Athletics Fighter: Athletics Paladin (who has a weak endurance due to plate armor/heavy shield) Invoker Shaman Assassin. [/QUOTE]

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