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<blockquote data-quote="deathdonut" data-source="post: 4177959" data-attributes="member: 62072">As far as I've read, the purpose of skill challenges is to give structure to otherwise structureless non-combat interactions.&nbsp; Consequently, I plan on simply declaring them if my pc's ever seem at a loss to come up with a specific course of action.&nbsp; Other than that, designate a skill challenge whenever players have to face a multiple unknowns or problems simultaneously.&nbsp; If a single roll or skill would suffice, let it do so.&nbsp; If the players face something that they are having trouble conceptualizing or sorting out a solution (or you think they might), make it a skill challenge.Most of these are simple-roll situations.&nbsp; Obviously they can become more or less complicated as you see fit.&nbsp; Avoiding a burning timber from a falling ceiling might just be a single reflex or acrobatics roll, while a party of PC's who have to escape from the third floor of a burning tower may have a skill challenge on their hands.Puzzles can likewise be handed to them in old-school riddle format or something more complex.&nbsp; Use your own judgement on which system will flow better for your players.None at all as far as I know.&nbsp; Yours looks pretty good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deathdonut, post: 4177959, member: 62072"] As far as I've read, the purpose of skill challenges is to give structure to otherwise structureless non-combat interactions. Consequently, I plan on simply declaring them if my pc's ever seem at a loss to come up with a specific course of action. Other than that, designate a skill challenge whenever players have to face a multiple unknowns or problems simultaneously. If a single roll or skill would suffice, let it do so. If the players face something that they are having trouble conceptualizing or sorting out a solution (or you think they might), make it a skill challenge. Most of these are simple-roll situations. Obviously they can become more or less complicated as you see fit. Avoiding a burning timber from a falling ceiling might just be a single reflex or acrobatics roll, while a party of PC's who have to escape from the third floor of a burning tower may have a skill challenge on their hands. Puzzles can likewise be handed to them in old-school riddle format or something more complex. Use your own judgement on which system will flow better for your players. None at all as far as I know. Yours looks pretty good. [/QUOTE]

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