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<blockquote data-quote="Imban" data-source="post: 4285419" data-attributes="member: 29206">If you do this you get something functional but still wonky. That's a lot better than non-functional, but you get the issue of higher-complexity challenges now being both easier and more rewarding. It's a pretty good idea if you just have to fix the problem now, but some people think that the wonky result is bad for their game.Well... yes, fundamentally the idea of a skill challenge is that everyone participates, and everyone rolling pretty close to an autosuccess to boost the one guy who has a chance is boring. You might as well just not use skill challenges at all in this case. Plus, in some cases, aid another is obviously limited or not appropriate - the chase scene in Escape from Sembia, the challenge/response scene in Keep on the Shadowfell, et cetera. Likewise, Perception acts as &quot;aid&quot; in the Urban Chase skill challenge, which wouldn't make sense if they could just traditionally aid - that would both be easier and has no penalties for failure.From all published skill challenges, easy checks are always good choices when they're available, but they're rarely available consistently enough that you can complete the entire challenge on easy checks. Regardless, it boosts your chances of success to take easy options that contribute to success whenever they're available. Hard checks, especially if they don't give some outstanding bonus for success, just screw you for choosing that skill, and autofails are (obviously) even worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imban, post: 4285419, member: 29206"] If you do this you get something functional but still wonky. That's a lot better than non-functional, but you get the issue of higher-complexity challenges now being both easier and more rewarding. It's a pretty good idea if you just have to fix the problem now, but some people think that the wonky result is bad for their game. Well... yes, fundamentally the idea of a skill challenge is that everyone participates, and everyone rolling pretty close to an autosuccess to boost the one guy who has a chance is boring. You might as well just not use skill challenges at all in this case. Plus, in some cases, aid another is [b]obviously[/b] limited or not appropriate - the chase scene in Escape from Sembia, the challenge/response scene in Keep on the Shadowfell, et cetera. Likewise, Perception acts as "aid" in the Urban Chase skill challenge, which wouldn't make sense if they could just traditionally aid - that would both be easier and has no penalties for failure. From all published skill challenges, easy checks are always good choices when they're available, but they're rarely available consistently enough that you can complete the entire challenge on easy checks. Regardless, it boosts your chances of success to take easy options that contribute to success whenever they're available. Hard checks, especially if they don't give some outstanding bonus for success, just screw you for choosing that skill, and autofails are (obviously) even worse. [/QUOTE]

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