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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 7405680" data-attributes="member: 19270">If it's light-hearted team-work, I'd find events that encourage teamwork and role-play, avoiding too many skill rolls.Absurd Storytelling: Whoever can tell the most outlandish, yet plausible, story something they've done wins. Obviously you'll need to draft some stories for your NPCs to tell, and consider having a crowd to watch and rate based on applause. You can be arbitrary, or if it's a tossup or you really like numbers, you can give a player a number based on how decent their story was (e.g. 8 for bad, 10 for ok, 13 for awesome), modified by their Performance score, and assign a preset NPC story rating to beat.Challenge of Champions events, any: The old Dungeon magazines, if you can find them, had 10-round team puzzle solving competitions that almost never relied upon your stats to solve (and magic/items were banned), so they were easily used in any edition. If you can find any of these, they're awesome. The PCs competed against several other teams (which had preset scores) and were on a real-life timer. Editions: 58, 69, 80 (AD&D), 91, 108, & 138. Example of a typical puzzle would be having to retrieve an object without touching the floor, using only the objects provided. Usually, one item was a red herring and the rest were used in special combination, such as overlapping ladders, and often magic items had to be used in unconventional ways. Teams of 4 got points for each person who finished the puzzle, and you could take a big penalty but get a hint in some. Giant Duck Joust: No clue. Maybe an Animal Handle check gives you a bonus on your attack as you charge your opponent with a padded lance. You can aim for a particular area, getting more points for hitting a higher AC, but risking getting nothing if you miss. Best of 3 wins. Afterwards, a cooking competition...?</blockquote>

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