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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 4147291" data-attributes="member: 11437">And again, we don't know that every skill challenge will be as open-ended as the one at the preview.  My DM didn't really seem to understand how skill challenges worked all that well, so he allowed us to use any skill we had.  I didn't see the rules he was given, so I can't claim one way or the other whether or not the skill challenge was designed to be entirely open ended.  Even if it was, that doesn't mean every skill challenge has to be completely open ended.  Remember, the previews were designed specifically to showcase new stuff.I have a feeling (and I haven't seen the rules, so, unlike some, I won't pretend to have a definitive opinion on this) that each DM will tailor his or her skill challenges a little differently.  I can certainly envision scenarios where some skills simply wouldn't be appropriate, and I'm sure other posters can as well.  Also, we don't know how the resolution mechanic really works.  For example, we know that there are low, medium, and high risk challenges.  You (the player) decide how hard you want to make it to succeed (how much risk you want to take on).  What happens if you succeed in one high risk challenge versus two low risk challenges?  We don't know.  Making a blanket statement that x number of successes means that the DM's hands are tied and he has no say in the outcome is more than a little presumptive at this point.</blockquote>

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