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<blockquote data-quote="Siuis" data-source="post: 5438391" data-attributes="member: 51622"><p>QFT</p><p></p><p>I have only ever seen 3 successful skill challenges- two of them were in 3.5 too.</p><p>-party patron, a 10th level ranger (we were... 2nd I think) saved us from gnolls but was badly poisoned and diseased. Tomas, the necromancer-physician identified the blood poisoning and we spent about half an hour real time performing surgery to remove the dying/infected tissue, keep him alive, purify utensils and een try to graft gnoll flesh to replace the removed vital parts. Me and the DM had just enough anat/physio knowledge to really get into it.</p><p>- small ship in a storm; bailing water, rescuing unconscious party members, steering away/into rogue waves to avoid capsizing, tying, defying and restraining loose, blown cables. We almost died when our bard suggested the flyer go into he clouds to discourage the thunder devil from pelting us* </p><p>-[4e]party is fighting elemental scorpions in a room fillig with lava. The gorge fills and begins invading the platform! Statuary was chucked into magma to use as platforms, jumping, balancing, climbing, holding off enemies and enduring the heat, all amid combat.</p><p></p><p>The shared elements took me a minute, but I figured it out. Good skill challenges make you think "what would I do?" not "what skill should I use?". Many skill challenges that started with "use your skills, GO!" have failed.</p><p></p><p>What I'm swiping from you, PC, is the context You give. If I can establish context, it's not a skill challenge, it's role-play. And that's really hard to do. And easy to over-do...</p><p></p><p></p><p>*it's D&D. Convection? Evaporation? Low pressure systems? No! We're obviously being assaulted by a thunderdemon! Go kill it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Siuis, post: 5438391, member: 51622"] QFT I have only ever seen 3 successful skill challenges- two of them were in 3.5 too. -party patron, a 10th level ranger (we were... 2nd I think) saved us from gnolls but was badly poisoned and diseased. Tomas, the necromancer-physician identified the blood poisoning and we spent about half an hour real time performing surgery to remove the dying/infected tissue, keep him alive, purify utensils and een try to graft gnoll flesh to replace the removed vital parts. Me and the DM had just enough anat/physio knowledge to really get into it. - small ship in a storm; bailing water, rescuing unconscious party members, steering away/into rogue waves to avoid capsizing, tying, defying and restraining loose, blown cables. We almost died when our bard suggested the flyer go into he clouds to discourage the thunder devil from pelting us* -[4e]party is fighting elemental scorpions in a room fillig with lava. The gorge fills and begins invading the platform! Statuary was chucked into magma to use as platforms, jumping, balancing, climbing, holding off enemies and enduring the heat, all amid combat. The shared elements took me a minute, but I figured it out. Good skill challenges make you think "what would I do?" not "what skill should I use?". Many skill challenges that started with "use your skills, GO!" have failed. What I'm swiping from you, PC, is the context You give. If I can establish context, it's not a skill challenge, it's role-play. And that's really hard to do. And easy to over-do... *it's D&D. Convection? Evaporation? Low pressure systems? No! We're obviously being assaulted by a thunderdemon! Go kill it. [/QUOTE]
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