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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 5698302" data-attributes="member: 12460">Maybe this is a simple question that I just can't find the answer to because I am overlooking some minor detail. If so, forgive me.When running a skill challenge, can a skill be re-used?And as a sub-question, if a skill can be re-used, what are the conditions, if any?Can a skill be re-used by the same player?Can a skill be re-used if a previous attempt was a failure?Can a skill be re-used if a previous attempt was a success?I've read the DMG over a few times on this and it seems there really isn't much mention of re-using skills and whether it can be done or not. I've seen different DMs do it differently. Some allow it under any circumstance. Some allow it only if the skill hasn't been successful once before. Some allow it only if it is a different character.It seems to me the most balanced approach is to allow each character one chance to use each skill until that skill is successful, then the character has to use a different skill from that point on, but it doesn't prevent other characters from using that skill. This way a player can't just keep rolling his highest skill over an over. Thus, the first round of successes should be relatively easy to attain as players naturally try to find ways to use their best skills, but as those skills garner the group successes each player has to fall back on less-relied-upon skills and the danger of a failure increases. Do I have this right or not?Edit: As a secondary question, should players be informed ahead of time which skills are considered primary and secondary? Should they also be informed of the DCs? Should they also be informed when new skills in a challenge have been unlocked? How much of this information should the players be expected to guess at?</blockquote>

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