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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6398176" data-attributes="member: 7006">And really... there was and is nothing wrong with ignoring the Skill Challenge format if you are comfortable running the roleplaying free-form and only asking for checks as needed and being able to adjudicate results through improvisation and invention.Skill Challenges always read to me as a format to use that could help instruct DMs on when and how to call for checks, what checks to ask for, and to create results of successful or failed checks prior to having to invent them on the moment.&nbsp; Many DMs learned this type of pacing in years past just through trial-and-error and experience... but the SC format tried to help coach DMs along and make things a bit easier to understand and run.&nbsp; Which really was the hallmark of most of 4E... a system built to give all DMs (and especially new DMs) an easier and more self-explanatory set of rules and mechanics that could be run moderately successfully by even the most &quot;in over his head&quot; person with little-to-no grasp of what a DM should be.&nbsp; Which, when you're trying to bring in new DMs quickly and know you don't have the years of trial-and-error learning in order to grab someone anymore... was not the worst idea in the world to hopefully get a new DM up to speed.But at the same time... if any DM felt as though they didn't need that Skill Challenge format to be able to ask and adjudicate checks... then ignoring the system altogether was and is no big issue.&nbsp; Just use the same &quot;ask for a check when a check is needed and adjudicate results as rolled&quot; concepts you've used for years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6398176, member: 7006"] And really... there was and is nothing wrong with ignoring the Skill Challenge format if you are comfortable running the roleplaying free-form and only asking for checks as needed and being able to adjudicate results through improvisation and invention. Skill Challenges always read to me as a format to use that could help instruct DMs on when and how to call for checks, what checks to ask for, and to create results of successful or failed checks prior to having to invent them on the moment. Many DMs learned this type of pacing in years past just through trial-and-error and experience... but the SC format tried to help coach DMs along and make things a bit easier to understand and run. Which really was the hallmark of most of 4E... a system built to give all DMs (and especially new DMs) an easier and more self-explanatory set of rules and mechanics that could be run moderately successfully by even the most "in over his head" person with little-to-no grasp of what a DM should be. Which, when you're trying to bring in new DMs quickly and know you don't have the years of trial-and-error learning in order to grab someone anymore... was not the worst idea in the world to hopefully get a new DM up to speed. But at the same time... if any DM felt as though they didn't need that Skill Challenge format to be able to ask and adjudicate checks... then ignoring the system altogether was and is no big issue. Just use the same "ask for a check when a check is needed and adjudicate results as rolled" concepts you've used for years. [/QUOTE]

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