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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 7530615" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>I've been running skill challenges "by the book" since 4e, using ones in published adventures, trying the different guidelines in DMG2 and Essentials. I've run them in Gamma World and in 5e using the Matt Colville guidelines. And just a disclaimer: I am a 4e apologist and currently running a 4e campaign.</p><p>I don't like skill challenges. I don't think the math works in any iteration. And even worse, they're boring if your character has the "wrong set of skills." In D&D, the majority of combats are designed so every character can do something. Not true with skill challenges. Unless you design them purposefully so every character has skills that work in a big leap of logic.</p><p>And if you don't sit out, you contribute to failure. Think of this. If your party is in a combat and 3-5 attack rolls miss over the course of the fight, no big deal. In a skill challenge (like Colville's all or nothing collapsing dungeon) the consequence is a campaign ending total party kill.</p><p>They don't work and will not see a return to my table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 7530615, member: 42040"] I've been running skill challenges "by the book" since 4e, using ones in published adventures, trying the different guidelines in DMG2 and Essentials. I've run them in Gamma World and in 5e using the Matt Colville guidelines. And just a disclaimer: I am a 4e apologist and currently running a 4e campaign. I don't like skill challenges. I don't think the math works in any iteration. And even worse, they're boring if your character has the "wrong set of skills." In D&D, the majority of combats are designed so every character can do something. Not true with skill challenges. Unless you design them purposefully so every character has skills that work in a big leap of logic. And if you don't sit out, you contribute to failure. Think of this. If your party is in a combat and 3-5 attack rolls miss over the course of the fight, no big deal. In a skill challenge (like Colville's all or nothing collapsing dungeon) the consequence is a campaign ending total party kill. They don't work and will not see a return to my table. [/QUOTE]
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