Lord Pendragon
First Post
I'm considering starting up a campaign soon in which I'd like duels between individual warriors to play a significant roll. Having kept up with the running commentary on PCat's game, I am now thinking perhaps a skill challenge might be a fun way to run duels, so that the other members of the party can remain involved. However, I am still relatively new to 4e, so I am asking for help tweaking the idea so it works as well in practice as in theory.
Here's what I've come up with so far:
I'm not positive that's the best way to go about it. But I'm thinking if I allowed the duelist's damage to count towards his foe's hit points, the duelist would merely focus on that. This way he *can* attack, but he can also use other skills to generate successes and describe some fun stunts.
Thoughts?
Here's what I've come up with so far:
In this case, only the duelist would be able to grant successes toward the skill challenge, but the other party members would be able to contribute to that success. There's also a physical danger involved, since while the duelist's attacks aren't doing hit point damage, his foe's attacks are.Skill challenge: Duel! (6 successes before 3 failures)
Primary skills (duelist only):
Any attack power (DC 15) – Strike your opponent!
Acrobatics (DC 15) – Trip up your opponent! (Usable only once, counts as 2 successes)
Endurance (DC 10) – Keep fighting!
Secondary skills:
Intimidate (DC 15) – Rattle the enemy (enemy receives a -2 to next attack)
Perception (DC 10) – Spot a weakness in the enemy’s fighting style (duelist gains +2 to next attack/skill roll)
Insight (DC 10) – Notice weakness in the enemy’s fighting style (duelist gains +2 to AC versus next attack)
Bluff (DC 15) – Distract the enemy with insults (enemy receives a -2 to next attack)
I'm not positive that's the best way to go about it. But I'm thinking if I allowed the duelist's damage to count towards his foe's hit points, the duelist would merely focus on that. This way he *can* attack, but he can also use other skills to generate successes and describe some fun stunts.
Thoughts?