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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6061388" data-attributes="member: 27160">For what it might be worth, I have been developing a means to handle this sort of thing using the skill challenge rules as a structure/basis. It works roughly like this:- Get from the players a plan of what they intend to do; who wants to sneak to where, who wants to prepare what, etc.- Assign skill rolls (or power uses or rituals or whatever) to the various elements of the plan. Total the number required and thus assess the plan as a skill challenge (i.e. assign a complexity = checks needed / 2 - 1). Assign the DCs for the skill checks - hard ones for the hard elements, like the rogue sneaking up to near-melee range, and easier for the easy elements. You can do this either by selecting a level for the challenge and using level-appropriate DCs, or by using (modified, maybe) Passive Perceptions and such like and then assessing a challenge level by comparing the DCs chosen to the DC table; it really doesn't matter which you use, just be consistent.- Take the XP value of the skill challenge you ended up with. Reduce the encounter xp total by this amount via a combination of removing guards who won't get called if the original guards are successfully "ganked" and converting the "on duty" guards to minions.- Successful skill checks complete the relevant element of the plan. Failed rolls require another improvised plan element to get things back on track, and might additionally reverse part of the XP reduction you did last step - e.g. one of the 'on duty' guards stops leaning on his spear looking somnolent and perks up, signalling that he is no longer a minion, but has reverted to a standard creature.- Three failures blows the gaff - one of the "on duty" guys raises the alarm and the combat commences with plan elements part finished and maybe potential for surprise on both sides...</blockquote>

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