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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7596983" data-attributes="member: 50987">Eh, in the sense that &quot;facing the challenge&quot; means the same thing as &quot;deciding to do a certain thing a certain way,&quot; sure.&nbsp; But that wasn't what I was getting at.&nbsp; See, the player can decide actions, but the player doesn't decide to pass a skill DC, or decide to score a critical hit...those results come from luck, and are influenced by the numbers on the character sheet.So to &quot;challenge the character&quot; the DM should select challenges and DCs that would make certain actions statistically probable (or improbable) to succeed, according to the numbers on the character sheet.&nbsp; There aren't &quot;constraints,&quot; per se...just varying degrees of probability.Absolutely.&nbsp; I think it's important to have a mix of &quot;Challenge the Player&quot; and &quot;Challenge the Character&quot; (and also &quot;Challenge the Party&quot;, which hasn't been discussed yet) in my adventures.&nbsp; I like to mix it up to keep the game fun and the players engaged.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7596983, member: 50987"] Eh, in the sense that "facing the challenge" means the same thing as "deciding to do a certain thing a certain way," sure. But that wasn't what I was getting at. See, the player can decide actions, but the player doesn't decide to pass a skill DC, or decide to score a critical hit...those results come from luck, and are influenced by the numbers on the character sheet. So to "challenge the character" the DM should select challenges and DCs that would make certain actions statistically probable (or improbable) to succeed, according to the numbers on the character sheet. There aren't "constraints," per se...just varying degrees of probability. Absolutely. I think it's important to have a mix of "Challenge the Player" and "Challenge the Character" (and also "Challenge the Party", which hasn't been discussed yet) in my adventures. I like to mix it up to keep the game fun and the players engaged. [/QUOTE]

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