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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6398896" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I wouldn't call them 'training wheels' either.  Skill Challenges are not a "basic version" of calling for checks... they are a formatted version as opposed to a free-form version.  Both methods have their strengths and weaknesses.  But my point was that a formatted version that could explain in written form in the book how, why, where, and when the checks could be called for and how, why, where, and when you parse the results is easier to get people to comprehend then just writing "When someone does something that might not work, have 'em roll and figure out whether it did or not."  Explanations are always easier to grasp than no explanations.</p></blockquote><p></p>