Skill Challenge: removing debris

[avin]

Hi guys, I'm looking for a level 1 skill challenge for removing a heavy load debris blocking a way inside some abandoned tavern.

Primay test should be Athletics, I think, any suggestions?

 

[FireLance]

Endurance, to clear more debris within a short time frame?

Diplomacy, Bluff, or Intimidate, to get bystanders to help?

Perception, to spot tools that could make the job easier?

Dungeoneering, representing experience at clearing away rocks?

What I'm more curious about is why it should be a skill challenge. Is there a time limit, with failures meaning that people trapped in the debris die before they can be rescued? Is the debris precariously balanced so that a failure means that rocks fall, everyone gets injured?

 

[avin]

Just for the sake of showing how it works for two friends new to 4E.

 

[GoLu]

It's still worth thinking about the failure condition. Otherwise it's just labor, and you can handle that by saying "you clear away the rubble for a few hours, and have a hole big enough for the dragonborn to squeeze through". As a demo, it would still teach the rules, but it might not click why exactly you are rolling dice so often.

 

[vic20]

Yeah, I'll third the need for a failure condition. Skill Challenges are a mechanic that represent heroism under duress.