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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5464734" data-attributes="member: 10784">I like the idea of skill challenges and have used a couple of them in my games that have worked out okay.  However, I would much rather have a couple of skill checks in game that accomplish pretty much the same thing, rather than having the players roll the dice 10-15 times or more.  To me, just doing it on an adhoc basis for Diplomacy or Intimidate or making a History or Arcana roll seems to flow better than stopping the action to roll a bunch of skill checks at once and scoring how many successes & failures you get.  I'm not one to judge that you need to impress the king 12 times before you un-impress him 3 times, or 9 times before 3 or whatnot.  I think it disrupts the flow of the role-playing if you have to make that many rolls - making it seem forced & not natural.</blockquote>